Refco case: too soon to decide, too hurry to liquidate

Almost two weeks ago, a going concern; right now, a company under bankruptcy protection. It does not make sense, if looked at from the outside, when this whole process is being triggered from a presumably undisclosed debt owed to the company by its CEO. As a financial...

Population growth: either subsidies or decadence

It is alarming that world leaders are not considering the consequences of present growth  patterns of our population, and policies that could correct them. If the 20th century witnessed a massive increase in its numbers, quadrupling them from 1,5 billion people in...