Have you ever wondered why economic conditions are challenging, despite easy access to credit for cars, homes and shopping? In this edition of the Sound Money Monthly we cover one the most important macroeconomic trends, debt. (16 minute read) TLDR: Economic growth, job quality and social mobility are declining. Yet the policy response is the cause … More SM (ed. 1) Debt constrains our future
Have you ever wondered why economic conditions are challenging for the man on the street, despite easy access to credit for cars, homes and shopping? In this first edition of the Sound Money Monthly we cover the most important macroeconomic trend, debt. (16 minute read) TLDR: Economic opportunities for the masses and social mobility are declining, … More Sound Money Monthly: (ed. 1) Debt constrains our future prospects
Dear family, friends, colleagues and associates, The world is pretty dystopian in 2020. Record high unemployment yet record high equity markets in the US. Daily protests; some about starvation, some about the right to walk one’s dog. Fox News, CNN, SABC, E-TV, twitter or Facebook, which one is fake news? We’re up to our eyeballs … More Sound Money Monthly | Welcome
Dear family, friends, colleagues and associates, The world is pretty dystopian in 2020. Record high unemployment yet record high equity markets in the US. Daily protests; some about starvation, some about the right to walk one’s dog. Fox News, CNN, SABC, E-TV, twitter or Facebook, which one is fake news? We’re up to our eyeballs … More Price Macro Monthly | Welcome
An intriguing portrayal of isolation and estrangement. Humans yearn to be understood and experience intense difficulty when we’re unable to communicate, particularly to those closest to us. Sometimes we attempt proactive communication and almost succeed. We simplify the message, if we even know what it is, and we vocalise the challenge, if we can find … More The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
A personal note. A sunny Saturday afternoon. A beautiful view of Downtown LA, looking South East towards USC. Shouting, screaming, breaking glass… I don’t think it was THAT bad. I HOPE it wasn’t that bad. But the breaking of glass and the screams were certainly loud enough to shake me. I know it’s only anecdotal, … More Are we listening?
Covid19 is a trigger that will push a fragile global economy into recession, not the cause. The pending economic conditions are the consequence of poor economic policy and an inability to take difficult decisions, not the virus. Policymakers have favoured short-term patch-work solutions over long-term term sustainable solutions. “Short-termism”, as I like to call it, … More Short-termism is the more dangerous pandemic
I am the blue couch by the window. Loved, unloved, used, unused; baked in the morning sun. Nowhere I’d rather be Next to the wall, standing on the 4th floor I dream of holding a restless sole I worry about you, leaving I’m comfy, big and blue. Sirens, squeaky neighbour’s upstairs and Hollywood Helicopters keep … More Blue Couch
The Cave Story from Plato’s Republic within Andrew Sullivan’s “The Conservative Soul” beautifully captured a few concepts I’ve been grappling with. I’d like to share the allegory and end with a few reflections. Paraphrasing Sullivan: “Human existence is like being in an underground cave with light streaming in across the width of the cave. Most … More Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
Zakeeya usually buys herself a ring to commemorate roles she’s awarded. Madame, I bought you this ring on your birthday for a couple of reasons: 1) you wanted it 🙂 and 2) you are the star of your own show - I want to give you this ring to commemorate that. I know the year … More You are the star of your show
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