Category: Economics

The Physical Geography of Companies (Part 2 – The City Motif)

On Tuesday, May 3, I will be at the opening of an exhibit at MOMA in New York City. I am excited about this particular opening because the artist is my wife’s cousin, Francis Alÿs.  Francis is Belgian but has had his home and studio in Mexico City for...

The Physical Geography of Companies (Part 1 – Overview)

During SWIFT’s Sibos conference in Amsterdam last October, I wrote a piece that looked at the physical geography of finance and how currency and other monetary instruments shape this industry. Since the Social Business Summit in Austin, hosted by the Dachis Group on March 10, I’ve been thinking a...

Recession, Recovery or Great Reorienting

Paul Wilkinson, former senior advisor to Chairman Cox at the SEC teases out some very interesting thoughts in his recent blog post on A Great Recovery (http://paulwilkinson.com/2009/03/08/why-not-a-great-recovery/)? As I think through Paul’s comments and the scenario in which we find our economy today, I can’t help but be struck...