Andrew White

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Pattern-based Strategy(TM) goes to FT – and Angela Merkel ignores reality

by Andrew White  |  December 9, 2010  |  2 Comments

It is always cool to see your own company in the newspaper.  Well, not always – I suppose it depends on the reason.  I get a real kick when I see Gartner coverage in the FT – my favorite printed newspaper.  This last week saw yet another focus on “The Connected Enterprise” which resulted in [...]

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Book Review: The Holy Grail of Macro Economics – Lessons from Japan’s Great Recession

by Andrew White  |  May 7, 2010  |  Comments Off

Book of the Month (April): The Holy Grail of Macro Economics – Lessons from Japan’s Great Recession, Richard Koo, Wiley, 2008.  I wish I had read this book in 2008!  Much of the story is eerily consistent with the issues the current global economic climate is suffering with.  The premise of the book is startling; [...]

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Round of Interesting Economist Articles in the last couple of weeks

by Andrew White  |  November 5, 2009  |  1 Comment

October 24th-30th Briefing: America’s Public Debt – Tomorrow’s Burden.  An up to date review of the dire situation we find ourselves in.  You need to stay on top of this to appreciate the pickle we are in re politics and economics.  Our children will be materially impacted by this.  Schumpeter: The Three Habits…of highly irritating [...]

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My idol (Margaret Thatcher) – in print again

by Andrew White  |  August 21, 2009  |  Comments Off

Whole Foods Market CEO John Mackey seemed to suffer the wrath of some bloggers when we wrote an article, picked up by the Wall Street Journal, then the Economist, that swam against the populist mass-media.  To be “in” and a “good guy” one has to be seen to support socialist tendencies, but Mackey swam against [...]

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