Market Rhymes, Geopolitical Reality, Importing 19th Century Russian Populism, and the Irreversibility of a Reverse Categorical Imperative: Investment Options, Part III
Several questions are surfacing following the weekend’s geopolitical developments. Here are a few of them: Has the paradigm of the Middle East conflict been shifted, and if yes, can it be contained? Is the era of disproportional responses upon us?Are we going...The Irreversibility of a Faux Reality: Illusions, Spectacles, and Geopolitical Challenges to Portfolios’ Alpha and Beta, Part II
In our previous commentary, we discussed reality as the trajectory of three parallel lines (markets, geopolitics, and Karl Barth’s writings on creation) that eventually intersect. Since then, the market reality met the geopolitical reality in at least two cases: the...The Irreversibility of the Unknown Reality: The Markets, Karl Barth, and Nuclear Statecraft, Part I
In this series, we will seek to discuss Reality as the trajectory of three parallel lines that eventually intersect: Market dynamics, geopolitics, and Karl Barth’s writings on creation. In his recent book The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate...When Statues Come to Dinner Parties: Don Giovanni’s Reflections on Japan and China
In the final act of Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni, the statue of Commendatore – whom Don Giovanni had killed – appears at the dinner. After all, Don Giovanni in his hubristic attitude and spirit had ordered his servant (Leporello) to invite the statue of...Sign Up for Our Publications
