Johnny FoolishThis Week’s ClippingsThere are parallel societies out there you are unaware of till you become part of them; the bereaved for example, or parenthood. One of the…2 min read·Feb 12, 2024----
Johnny FoolishThis Week’s ClippingsFiona Hill has become the Putin-whisperer, but isn’t there a concentration risk in this kind of ‘go-to’ expert? What if she’s not always…2 min read·Feb 6, 2024----
Johnny FoolishThis Week’s CuttingsSand is more fascinating than you think (unless you think it’s really fascinating, obviously). Fun fact: Saudi Arabia imports sand from…2 min read·Jan 28, 2024----
Johnny FoolishThis Week’s CuttingsMore on the pushback against Piketty’s inequality narrative. Conclusion? It’s complicated…Perhaps you prefer to delve into the long view…1 min read·Jan 15, 2024----
Johnny FoolishThis Week’s CuttingsSomething is going on with the climate…and it’s starting to have consequences. But the market will provide, by raising costs…2 min read·Jan 8, 2024----
Johnny FoolishThis Week’s CuttingsNoble intentions but this story seems counter-productive. You’d really hope for more than this. If these are all we have to cling to then…2 min read·Dec 27, 2023----
Johnny FoolishThis week’s cuttingsYou don’t have to live that long to notice how repetitive things can be. For example, it seems that every year there is another worried…2 min read·Dec 16, 2023----
Johnny FoolishThis week’s cuttingsThomas Piketty’s “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” may be one of the great unread books, but this paper is considerably shorter, the…2 min read·Dec 7, 2023----
Johnny FoolishPaid to Play?The Metaverse or Web3 or what have you can be frustratingly ill-defined. This is fair enough to an extent; in the process of becoming, the…14 min read·May 3, 2022----
