Letter from China – No. 2
21 september 2015
I spent the weekend here in Haikou doing Mandarin homework, going on long walks and to the gym as well as shopping and eating. The typhoon has disappeared and I enjoyed 2 days of hot humid sunshine as…
21 september 2015
I spent the weekend here in Haikou doing Mandarin homework, going on long walks and to the gym as well as shopping and eating. The typhoon has disappeared and I enjoyed 2 days of hot humid sunshine as…
19 september 2015
I have just finished my first week here at the Mandarin language school in Haikou, the capital of the Hainan Island. I have glimpsed at the striking protesters in Helsinki and read Sipila’s speech and…
19 september 2015
För 40 år sedan var jag utsänd av Dagens Nyheter för att försöka skildra Portugals ekonomi i fritt fall under den kommunistiske regeringschefen Vasco Goncalves. Det var drygt ett år efter nejli…
13 september 2015
When I read stories about Donald Trump, Warren Buffet, and their fan club here like Wahlroos, Berner and Ollila, I focus on the life they lead with lots of money and many little hands and other resour…
8 september 2015
Var med på presentationen av gamle kollegan Ronald Fagerfjälls bok om Peter ”Pirre” Wallenberg, ”Den förlorade sonens återkomst” på Ekerlids förlag i Stockholm. Fagerfjäll som intervjuade Pirre …
2 september 2015
The windows outside the Lauttasaari flat were black and it was a too wet to go for a walk. Pekka felt that it was time to make a decision about the money on their account. It was now 6 months after th…
31 augusti 2015
Under några decennier har landets ledande politiker oberoende av parti samt nationalekonomer passivt tittat på när flera industrigrenar har skurits ned, i en del fall nästan helt nedmonterats. De…
28 augusti 2015
Upplevde den fullfjädrade sångaren Måns Zelmerlöw med orkester på en privat fest i Stockholm igår kväll. Vilket ös, det ryckte och svängde i både gammal och ung. Jag mötte många gånger Måns papp…
28 augusti 2015
I oppose redundant monopolies because, like over-regulation, they increase prices, and tend to deliver poor value for money, destroy entrepreneurship, and slow innovation. Monopolies do well in smalle…