Howto Help the Economy

July 7th, 2008

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A bit of locally flavoured South African non-technical posting… on how to help an economy in need.
Indeed, when the chips are down, and prices are going up, and the economy is under threat of recession; what’s the most tactful move you can make? Why, organise a mass-action protest stayaway that effectively costs businesses billions of [...]

Ding

June 3rd, 2008

Filed Under: Business, Technology with 0 Comments

That’s roughly equivalent to the sound of the resonating chord which struck me this morning.
But today’s revolutionaries are sheep in wolves’ clothing. They’re lost in the economically meaningless, in the utterly trivial, in the strategically banal: mostly, they’re cutting deals with one another to…try and sell more ads. That is, when they’re not too busy [...]