Oil just clogs the works
March 30, 2003
Fitzcarraldo is a classic. The first time I saw the film I was fascinated by the story, and the era in which it is set.
You can bet your bottom dollar
March 16, 2003
In 1770, John Fitzpatrick, an Irish-born trader and failed speculator, opened a shop in the town of Manchac in the Gulf of Mexico
Investing in land will send us hotfoot on the road to poverty
March 9, 2003
If Ireland continues to plough money into land, incentivised by bizarre tax breaks and hyped by an all-pervasive industry peddling the virtues of land, we will be immeasurably poorer in 50 years time
Inverting the welfare pyramid
March 2, 2003
The other week, we raised the issue here of transferring wealth to the young via a fund starting at birth
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