It struck me today that thinking is fine so long we have the time, yet thinking about the more important aspects of life may need more than a few minutes space and we therefore avoid them. So here are 2 things I would like to think about if I had time.
Economic Recovery – Are the real indicators pants?
It appears that the real economic indicators for Alan Greenspan fall to a lower order of sophistication than we realise – it may be the underwear market that marks out the state of consumer confidence. Mr Greenspan suggests, with some sensible reasoning, that particularly men’s underwear is a key indicator of the state of the recession. Yet is it surprising that the smalls, the hidden things, are perhaps the most telling when it comes to addressing the major issues that we face? [...]