Category Archives: Service economy

Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 33)–What price those peaches?

Posted on March 22, 2013 by

Markets. What else would warm the cockles of an economist’s heart? I was talking with someone the other day and let slip that I was trained as an economist. “Are you a Keynesian?” he asked. I laughed and replied that … Continue reading →

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Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 32)–The richness of being hand-to-mouth

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

A roof over my head and food on my plate. Yesterday, completely by happenstance, I got the chance to meet someone a little better. I’d just dropped my third grade daughter at the church for her regular choir practice, and was … Continue reading →

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Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 31)–Can you help me?

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

The right context. The woman picked up the telephone and dialed the numbers slowly, trying to reach her bank. “If you want to continue in English, press 1,” she heard. “If you want to speak to someone about online access, … Continue reading →

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Can you do without it?

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

I’ve noticed in the past few weeks reports that we (or at least some of us) may be moving rapidly towards a cashless society. Don’t panic: the intention is not to do without money, far from it. Sweden’s plans are … Continue reading →

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Are you my type?

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

My good lady and my good kid were chit-chatting in our car as we did our best to conserve fuel on the way to work and school, yesterday. A truck was making a turn as we waited at a junction … Continue reading →

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Smith at his anvil

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

If the name Greg Smith does not mean anything to you, then perhaps you had left the planet yesterday in honour of Pi Day, March 14th (written American style that is 3/14; close enough to Pi = 3.1415926535…). When the … Continue reading →

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Write on!

Posted on January 21, 2012 by

I had lunch last week with a friend who is a publisher-editor. We do this occasionally at one of the cheap and cheerful small restaurants near his office. We do not have any specific agenda and usually talk about several … Continue reading →

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Trader’s Friday Fun

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

We should all understand that foreign exchange trading is not a get-rich-quick activity: money will not fall from the sky into our laps. It’s not a game, but a business. It’s hard, but, literally could be a rewarding part of life’s … Continue reading →

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Epiphany: another hard journey

Posted on January 7, 2012 by

Yesterday, January 6, was the feast of Epiphany. At my church, we celebrated with an evening of pot luck dining then a Eucharist service. For this same celebration last year, my family and I had stumbled upon this event, and … Continue reading →

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Stepping in which direction?

Posted on December 20, 2011 by

As a social scientist, I am supposed to be interested in how societies work and in human interrelationships, and I am. I love taking my annual holiday with my wife and her extended and extensive family in The Bahamas, not … Continue reading →

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