To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked. — Vittorio Alfieri This past week it appeared that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) aimed to distinguish their actions through the pandemic from those of the wicked. Dr. Lowe’s contrition did not exercise my thoughts, however, in partContinue reading “Guardians Of The Gulf Between Virtuous And Wicked”
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Australian Gas Asset Ownership Through The Energy Transition
In recent decades Australian politicians have been delinquent in their leadership* and this means that the Australian public has been slow to understand the myriad issues surrounding the energy transition even if recent election results show that concern over the climate crisis is growing rapidly. Perhaps the most critical aspect of the energy transition is thatContinue reading “Australian Gas Asset Ownership Through The Energy Transition”
The Great Reset Era At Work
The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your whole life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life Katsumoto from the motion picture ‘The Last Samurai’ from Warner Bros I am not the writer who coined the term ‘the Great Resignation’. More significantly, I am the writer who sortContinue reading “The Great Reset Era At Work”
Pernicious Envy
“The world is not driven by greed. It is driven by envy”. Charlie Munger, Feb 2022, aged 98, Vice Chairman Berkshire Hathaway, Chairman Daily Journal Company, Billionaire, Genius. The pandemic-time reflecting that I first foresaw in February and March 2020 and discussed here at MacroEdgo revolves a great deal around envy. Envy has become integralContinue reading “Pernicious Envy”
Families And Work
I am always up for a real talk – whether it be ‘gritty’ or ‘feel good’. And I think it is wonderful you shared your depth of emotion, Georgie Dent, in this post – I appreciated it greatly. I also wish to express gratitude for you working so hard to gain progress for families whichContinue reading “Families And Work”
If Quiet Quitting Results in Reduced Production – A Big ‘IF’ – Then It Was Production That Never Was Paid For
Since my comment on LinkedIn about David Westin’s sub-par coverage of Quiet Quitting on Bloomberg Television, I am pleased to observe that he has lifted the bar to his normal high standard. Even articles on Bloomberg’s website with titles ostensibly indicating opposition to the trend on deeper reading point at all of the reasons forContinue reading “If Quiet Quitting Results in Reduced Production – A Big ‘IF’ – Then It Was Production That Never Was Paid For”
Quiet Quitting, Quiet Firing and Loud Quitting: Explainers
Quiet Quitting – An employee doing what they are paid to do to the best of their ability, but doing no more. At its basis this is about a worker setting boundaries to not be exploited by an employer and is thus a rejection of Extreme capitalism that assumes an employee will accept any andContinue reading “Quiet Quitting, Quiet Firing and Loud Quitting: Explainers”
Quiet Quitting
Quiet quitting – the term – is a misnomer. Most assume that it is about quitting on a job. It is not. It is about quitting, or refusing to participate, in a system that has progressively become unsustainable because it is unfulfilling and unhealthy to those within it. Extreme capitalism is what is being quit!Continue reading “Quiet Quitting”
Compassion Culture Benefits All Stakeholders Including Shareholders
Why is a compassion culture better for all stakeholders in capitalist societies including shareholders? Besides the threat of unheralded injury claims from toxic workplaces that put businesses in jeopardy (as I explained in “The Great Reset At Work“)… it is my thesis that a great deal of work done by white collar workers is ‘justContinue reading “Compassion Culture Benefits All Stakeholders Including Shareholders”
The Great Reset: The concept and the passion
In “The Great Reset: An explainer” I gave a brief description of the political and economic backdrop that led to humanity entering the pandemic at a moment of social extreme with a paradigm shift due or even overdue. I explained that trends in society tend to occur in cycles that can be conceptualised as aContinue reading “The Great Reset: The concept and the passion”
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