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Category Archives: Service economy
Can you do without it?
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
Posted in Crime, Digital age, Economics, Financial markets, Government, Human relationships, Internet, Life styles, Media, News, Service economy, Technology
Tagged Cashless society, Homelessness, Sewx workers
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Are you my type?
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
Posted in Children, Economics, Education, Family, Human relationships, Life styles, Service economy
Tagged Racial profiling, Stereotypes
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Smith at his anvil
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
Posted in Children, Education, Family, Financial markets, Human relationships, Internet, Life styles, Media, News, Service economy
Tagged Goldman Sachs, Greg Smith, Miss Piggy, Muppets
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Write on!
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
Trader’s Friday Fun
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
Epiphany: another hard journey
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
Posted in Health care, Human relationships, Religion, Service economy
Tagged Cancer, Epiphany
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Stepping in which direction?
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
Posted in Caribbean, Crime, Economics, Education, Human relationships, Life styles, Religion, Service economy, Uncategorized, US economy
Tagged The Bahamas
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Flights of fancy
It’s time to ‘head home for the holidays’, as they say, which means it must be time for another airport nightmare. I’ve commented before about how abysmal it is now to have to fly. What gets me is that each … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Caribbean, Digital age, Economics, Internet, Life styles, Service economy, Technology, Travel
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Why is the US Postal Service going bankrupt?
On a wintry Saturday morning, while I wait to have my breakfast, what else should be on my mind but the future of Saturday mail deliveries in the US? The economist part of my brain understands well enough that the … Continue reading
Posted in Bureaucracy, Digital age, Economics, Human relationships, Internet, Life styles, Public policy, Service economy, Technology, Urban life, US economy
Tagged FedEx, UPS, US Postal Service
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Don’t promise what you will not deliver
I will keep this short and try not to rant. I keep getting rankled by people making promises that they then fail to keep. I am not concerned about the lofty ideals or lowly commitments that come from politicians, but … Continue reading
Posted in Human relationships, Life styles, Private enterprise, Service economy
Tagged Human relations, Promises
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