Raw materials prices are rising. Why? Will this continue? Cotton and natural rubber prices have experienced a sharp rise: World Bank Blog Notice that China is the main consumer. Iron ore prices are high: And China is the main importer: Copper prices are up: The failure …
Read More »An Amazing Moment in History
Most people do not realize that they are witnessing a pivotal moment in history as it happens. We may think that an event is “major” but have no inkling that it is world shattering. The pivotal events of this century occurred this year as Falcon flew astronauts to the International …
Read More »Cook Pt 2: Operationalising the Concept
In the first of this article, we looked at how the UK was planning to create a satellite navigation system as a replacement to Galileo. It was seen that access to an independent sat-nav network was vital for Britain’s national security, regardless of the cost. According to the PM, the UK …
Read More »Falcon Heavy Takes Flight, Rebooting Human Ambition
At a time when distracted Western governments and decaying institutions are incapable of providing visionary leadership, with society increasingly split along partisan lines, it took the vision of a private citizen to remind us what real ambition looks like “Ad astra per aspera”, reads one of several memorial plaques to the crew …
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