Um tema que me tem preocupado é a cedência da IL à crença de que é o investimento público / em infraestruturas que vai desenvolver a nossa economia. Isto é um desvio do pensamento liberal e das razões que me levaram a aderir à IL. O nosso foco, em termos de economia, deveria incidir sobre:… Read More »
Is China’s economy only 40% (!) of what we supposed it was and the official figures indicated? A well researched study by Prof. Luis Martinez, from Chicago, shows impressive evidence that China has been overstating GDP growth for decades. This compounds to a dramatic overstatement of 250%! What are the implications for its prospects now… Read More »
O País está refém da teimosia do governo em manter um Hub aéreo em Lisboa. Para além dos mais de 3 mil milhões de euros que despejou na TAP (que, como ficou evidente, só serve praticamente a região de Lisboa) ainda impõe o hub de Lisboa como condição para privatizar a companhia. Entretanto, há indicações… Read More »
A beautiful documentary on Barry Goldwater by his grand daughter. Beyond the obvious respect and love for this towering figure in american politics, it shows his personal, very human side. It is not without reason that Goldwater was respected by his democrat adversaries and sometimes enraged his republican colleagues. His sincere friendship with his adversary… Read More »
Germany energy policy of the last decades has put its economy at risk. It is time to face reality. This great documentary from DW shows the contrast between utopian activists and incompetent politicians on the one side and expert engineers and industrialists on the other. German industry is at risk, namely because of over reliance… Read More »
There are no solutions, just tradeoffs.A great insight from Thomas Sowell here developed brilliantly by Konstantin Kisin in conversation with John Anderson. It is important to repeat this again and again in an age of magical thinking and populism that tend to attract people by offering “easy” solutions for problems that are too complex.There are… Read More »
Manter a tradição paisagística e de arquitectura de cultivo vitícola no Douro e lidar com a crescente escassez de mão de obra é um exercício difícil. Agravado por uma mão de obra envelhecida, menos disponível para trabalhos mais pesados.Não é possível mecanizar praticamente a 100%, como em regiões planas. Há que fazer compromissos, como aqui,… Read More »
“O Lento Esquecimento de Ser” de Miguel d’Alte Há muito tempo que não tinha desfrutado tanto dum livro de ficção. Depois de muita não ficção, sobre temas a que não consigo fugir, já me estava a fazer falta uma viagem pelo imaginário da vida. O prazer da leitura resulta de toda a experiência envolvente e… Read More »
Energy policy is one of the most important topics for the future prosperity of our societies and one where the debate has been politicised in the wrong way. The Unpopular Truth about Electricity and the Future of Energy, is a recent book by Lars Schernikau and William Hayden Smith. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5188786911 Lars is an INSEAD MBA… Read More »
Don Giovanni at Wiener Staatsopera. Excellent cast, great singers. Mixed feelings about the production. The stage is minimalist, with what seems dark solidified lava… Interesting and funny, musicians on stage in some party scenes, once playing the “farfallone amoroso” tune from The Marriage of Figaro. During the play, all the weapons are replaced by stones.… Read More »