Barry D. Wood

In 2001 Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill coined the acronym BRIC for four fast-growing economies that he predicted would attract big flows of foreign investment

A wise South African, Magnus Heystek, has written, “where capital isn’t welcome, it packs up and goes elsewhere.”  Amazon’s quest for a second corporate headquarters

HIROSHIMA: Historian Niall Ferguson argues that the icy bi-lateral relations between the US and China in recent years have evolved into a new and dangerous conflict,

SARASOTA, FL:  Something strange is happening in Florida, the home state of Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis, leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination. Last

I As the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution approaches, I’ll offer these revisionist thoughts about the country’s beginnings. First, it was essentially a civil

Danger lurks when words are changed to suit modern sensitivities. Consider the children’s books of best-selling author Roald Dahl, who died in 1990. In 2021

SUNNYVALE, CA:  Two topics are animating conversation here in the Silicon Valley— tech sector layoffs and artificial intelligence, specifically ChatGPT. Concerning layoffs, yes, perhaps 45

The 250th anniversary of the American Revolution is upon us. This world-changing event was a decade-long rebellion by British subjects who argued that it was

TOKYO:  Japan is in the midst of a rearmament programme unprecedented since World War II. Defence spending is being doubled, and is expected to reach

With the American mid-term elections finally over, it’s worth celebrating the return of divided government. From January Republicans will have a slim majority in the