“I first noticed how well French business leaders dress in 2013”, when Publicis chief Maurice Lévy unveiled his doomed $35bn merger plan with the US group Omnicom, says Adam Thomson. Lévy strode out in a black suit, crisp white shirt and black tie: “it was understated but elegant and brimming with confidence”. His opposite number’s …
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Much is being made of efforts to prolong human life. Lots of money is available, it appears, to fund research on allowing those who can afford it, to live until they are 120 and beyond. I think this is a simply dreadful idea. Already there are too many people on a planet where food and …
Eighty percent of Americans have some form of debt — from student loans to credit card. Some people born before World War II, are still paying off mortgages and credit cards. 90 percent of them, now retired, are carrying debt later into life. Studies show that subsequent generations carry even larger burdens. Baby boomers on …
“Why may not a goose say thus: ‘All the parts of the universe I have an interest in: the earth serves me to walk upon, the sun to light me; the stars have their influence upon me; I have such an advantage by the winds and such by the waters; there is nothing that yon …
Why, you might ask, did very rich people fund Brexit? Answer: to be able to scrap EU regulation of their businesses. That’s all. They actually want the cheap Continental labour. On the other hand, the man in the street voted for Brexit to reduce immigration and get back his old job and what he thinks …
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