In a book (read it here) that’s starts with a lack of humility that we’d expect from anyone in finance these days, Andrew Lees argues that the productivity gains that the Western-World has seen are built principally around the exploitation of energy. And explaining how the availability of lower-cost skills in other countries [...]

Avoidable.
Unless, perhaps, you’re researching the ways and means of funeral parlours in Britain.

I once went to lunch in Singapore with this rich Chinese guy. When the waiter came around to take the order, the RCG stood up, grabbed the waiter by the arm, and led him off on a walk around the restaurant. I was mystified enough that it showed, so one of the other guests explained [...]

By all counts, this book should’ve sunk like a stone. I thought long and hard about where it finds its redemption from – almost as long as it took me to read this book. The answer is “I don’t know”, so I’m still puzzled, but I have to say that the time I spent reading [...]