John Brook's Business Adventures has an excellent chapter on the defence of Sterling (inside the Bretton Woods system) in 1964: https://carriere.ro/uploads/simplex/Business-Adventures_-Twelve-Jo… (View Post)

Nevertheless, the whole premise of bilateral trade deficits is fundamentally dumb, as even you must acknowledge. If country A sells natural gas to country B which sells fertilizer to country C which … (View Post)

Ah, so a bit like liberal Democrat MPs under Jo Swinson. (View Post)

I met Tony Blair too. He did not impress. Ken Clarke I met at the Cambridge Union, where he demonstrated an extraordinary ability to drink alcohol and smoke. He was clearly very smart. But he was lik… (View Post)

Here's the thing: it makes other trucks look tiny! Unless you are in one of a very small number of American cities based around mega sized vehicles (like Houston), then it's simply too big. (View Post)