By Pra, on January 21st, 2010%
Like it or not, we are driven by chemicals in our bodies and brains. Some occur naturally and some are artificial. The “triggers” may be somethings that we see, hear, eat, drink, inhale, inject, touch or even intangible thinks like thoughts, beliefs, imagination etc.. It really does not matter, the results are the same; our body . . . → Read More: We are all addicts!
By Pra, on January 5th, 2010%
In an environment where a developing country hardly produces (manufactures) anything, the local population is forced to consume imported goods. These imported goods attract several costs that accrue along the way, until the final price paid is a gross exaggeration of the real cost. Let’s look at the cost multipliers; freight, insurance and other shipping costs, . . . → Read More: Globalisation Costs
By Pra, on January 5th, 2010%
Reflections of Fidel
AS the Revolution celebrated its 51st anniversary two days ago, memories of that January 1st of 1959 came to mind. The outlandish idea that, after half a century — which flew by — we would remember it as if it were yesterday, never occurred to any of us.
During the meeting at the Oriente sugar . . . → Read More: The world half a century later