England is not yet a commercial country in the sense in which that epithet is used for her; and let us still hope that
Effect of ideology/environment
Tyler Cowen
The future of our civilization is based on prudence, critical self reflection, belief in higher values, and wisdom in matters of ordinary, everyday life.
Surfing is to San Francisco what making money is to New York or social connections are to LA; key status currency.
Henry Wickham
1871 – moved with his extended family to Brazil where they failed miserably at growing crops, and a number died from fever. But while
Fashion photographer Bill Cunningham
I just try to play a straight game, and In New York, that’s almost impossible. To be honest and straight in New York, that’s
Christophe Navarre, On Europe vs. US
I wish Europe was more like America, where you can be reborn after a failure, and where you are encouraged to feel that you
Micheal Lewis’ driver
She also claims she can guess at sight whether a person, especially a man, is from the east or west. ‘West Germans are much
Klaus Peter Miller, Commerzbank chairman
I was in the belief that the best supervised of all banking systems was in New York. To me, the Fed and the SEC
Germans as fiscally conservative
Much of Euroe borrowed money cheaply to buy stuff it couldn’t afford. In effect, lots of non-Germans had used Germany’s credit rating to indulge