Until the nineteen-seventies, Western countries paid little attention to corruption overseas, and bribery was seen as an unpleasant but necessary part of doing business there. In some European countries, businesses were even allowed to deduct bribes as an expense.
James SurowieckiMost corporate name changes are the result of mergers and acquisitions. But these tend to be unimaginative.
James SurowieckiThere does seem to be some evidence that as people get older, they procrastinate less, perhaps because they feel the pressure of time more.
James SurowieckiI typically don't adopt the ascetic approach. In part, that's because I do use the Net for research even as I'm writing (to check facts, or so on). But I think it's also because I find the possibility of distraction comforting.
James Surowiecki