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New ‘Hunger Winter’ Looms as Europe Prepares to Shiver

Even as Europe has been dealing with its hottest summer on record, it has been fearfully aware that it may face its worst winter since the one at the end of World War II, from 1944 to 1945. Electricity shortages and unpayable fuel prices for many households are in store for Europe. Industrial production in […]

The Thrill of a Human Being on the Line

Llewellyn King

Something wonderful happened to me recently. I spoke on the telephone to a human being at a credit card company. Well, not immediately. That would be too much to expect. I had to go through some of the hoops of the company’s automated phone system, beginning with, “Listen carefully because our menu has changed.” And, […]

When the Turmoil Subsides, We Will Be Living Differently

Llewellyn King

I have been in only one big earthquake. It was years ago in Izmir, Turkey. As I was standing in the garden of my hotel, the ground underfoot was sloshing around like water in a waterbed. Now I feel as though the world is experiencing a prolonged earthquake. Life, metaphorically, is shifting around us and […]

Boris Johnson: The Fall of an Articulate Incompetent

Llewellyn King

The best piece of business advice I have ever read was, “Beware the articulate incompetent.” It is important to business decisions but far more so to political ones. Boris Johnson has always been a poster boy for the articulate incompetent, and yet he rose with wit, bravado and connections to the highest elective office in […]