Guess What … They’re Not Coming
From this AM's Asia Times, my thoughts on China's outbound investment (ODI) and what it means - & doesn't - about the country's economic policy. Read the article here.Tom Barnett - Great Powers
I had the chance to recently interview Dr. Tom Barnett, NY Times bestselling author of Blueprint for Action, and Pentagon's New Map, for his new book Great Powers. My book review was published this morning by Asia Times and can be read here. The interview w/ Dr. Barnett, was also published and can be read here.China’s family firms test home market
During a recent trip to China, I spent some time with one of the small companies that is being challenged for their survival by the economic slowdown. My article on their challenges, and what they can do to move forward, has been published at Asia Times and can be read here.Predictably Irrational
In the midst of the economic carnage of the last two months, now seems like a particularly good time for a book that asks whether we – as individuals or as embodied in markets – make rational decisions. If we do not, is it possible to understand where we will behave irrationally so that we might design systems which will provoke increasingly rational decision making? Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational, and James B. Duke Professor of Behavioral Economics at Duke University suggests “That we are not only irrational, but predictably irrational – that our irrationality happens the same way, again and again.” (p. xx) It would be a mistake to interpret Ariely’s observations about ...US Bid to Help “Made In China” Brand
My article on the FDA's attempt to open offices in China, and what the US government must learn from it's uneven outcomes from the semi-conductor VEO program, has been published and can be read here.Puerto Vallarta
Some pics from much needed vacation in Puerto Vallarta here ...Wal-Mart & China
If you've seen the TV ad campaign on Wal-Mart's trade practices with China, my most recent article @ Asia Times might be of interest.Obama & China
My most recent piece at Asia Times can be read here. This one is an attempt to characterize the policy relationship between the upcoming Obama administration and China.An Integral Approach to the Election
I found today's post from Robb Smitt @ Integral Life a near perfect capture of my thoughts on the election, using the language of Ken Wilber and Integral thought. Very much worth reading in whole, but my favorite part here: But I think George W. Bush might be the best thing to have happened to this country in a long-time. At least in my lifetime I cannot recall the country being so introspective about our role in the world, our values, and our relationship to the constitution on which we were founded. In a larger time-scale view, great growth is always preceded by great suffering, and it is hard to know which leader will be more pivotal ...Election Day
I've been too busy to write about politics, but also don't want to let tomorrow come without saying what I'm fairly proud to say: tomorrow I'll vote for Obama for President. I hold no illusions as to the fact that we elect a man who will have his own foibles, make his own mistakes, and with whom I have real ideological differences. But as an independent with conservative fiscal leanings and progressive social thoughts, I see much good, admirable and American in what Obama represents. I'm proud to vote for him, and I'm equally proud to vote for a Republican governor - a choice between parties that denotes the beauty, power, and accountability of democracy. ... « Previous EntriesAbout MysteriousFaith
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