Monthly Archive: October 2024

How to launder money

We tried washing grimy notes in gentle soap suds and warm water. Then a machine cycle took 45 minutes and the money came out cleaner than before. But it isn’t...

Pomp versus poor

They all do it. They deliver a state of the nation address (SONA) to legislatures, painting a rosy picture of achievements and skating over many a hard truth. But it’s...

Trickle down? Where? When?

Ask  any economist. Trickle down from wealth at the top is a fine theory but where and when does it actually happen? Like highly-paid bankers in lofty towers, politicians are...