No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing.
As we look deeper for the soul of capitalism, we find that, in the terms of ordinary human existence, American capitalism doesn't appear to have one.
Mexico is much bigger than NAFTA.
being in the middle class is a feeling as well as an income level.
In New York, appearance is a form of currency or, at the very least, a calling card. One must look wealthy in order to be recognised as a person of worth.
I think we're much harder on ourselves than other people are. This is not a unique situation here... But I never liked the 'Celtic Tiger' as a phrase.
I'm not a billionaire, and I'm not a mogul.
I was an economist now turning into a human being - as if these are two different things. I don't know but I did that and then I had no vision.
Is France a northern European export powerhouse, or a Mediterranean indebted and dependent economy? Yes to both.
The Germans are clear about what they do - cars and machine tools; the Japanese are clear about what they do - electronics; the Chinese are clear about what they do - they're the workshop of the world.
Producer and consumer are always one and the same person, merely considered from two different viewpoints.