HOTEL ECONOMICS PRIMER
I stay in a lot of hotels each year. Some of these stays are planned; some occur by chance. Regardless of the country, one common factor...
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Philip Ammerman
Feb 6, 2023
LAND VALUE TAXES
Martin Wolf has a typically thoughtful article in the Financial Times on the benefits of a land value tax (Sunday, 6 February 2023). In...
Philip Ammerman
Oct 10, 2022
THE NEW NORMAL
For some years now, I've been wondering if economic statistics reflect reality. At least, reality as experienced by business managers and...
Philip Ammerman
Apr 13, 2022
DALLAS FED SHARES HOUSING BUBBLE SIGNALS
The Dallas Fed has an interesting article on empirical data and signs of housing asset price misallocation. In this case, the...
Philip Ammerman
Mar 22, 2022
CRACK THE ECONOMY
According to National Debt Clocks, using US Treasury Data, as of 22 March 2022: Federal Debt reached $ 30.33 trillion Federal Debt...
Philip Ammerman
Nov 29, 2021
ABSURD BICYCLE SCHEMES
Not that long ago, people in Greece and Cyprus prided themselves on being self-sufficient. My grandparents had a house in a remote...
Philip Ammerman
May 10, 2021
Global Entrepreneurship Report
I was honoured to be profiled in the 2021 Global Entrepreneurship Report.
Philip Ammerman
Mar 6, 2021
In Favour of Minimum Wage
I learned this morning of the failure of the $ 15 minimum wage proposal in the Senate. I am not surprised. We are in the middle of a...
Philip Ammerman
Feb 22, 2021
Greek Public Debt hits 227% GDP in 2020
This article is being published on NavInvest Greece. I'm repeating part of it here with commentary simply because it reminds me of the...
Philip Ammerman
Jan 16, 2021
AMAZING AMAZON
I've just had one of those absurdly amazing customer experiences that is so rare today. Over Christmas, I ordered seven books from Amazon.fr
Philip Ammerman
Jan 12, 2021
WARNINGS FORETOLD
Back in February 2019, I published an article in the Successful Business Magazine in Cyprus on the Cyprus Citizenship by Investment...
Philip Ammerman
Nov 13, 2020
The Pfizer – BionTech Alliance
A lot was made about this week’s announcement that Pfizer’s initial results of COVID vaccine testing showed a 90% protection against...
Philip Ammerman
Nov 1, 2020
Jobs, Industrial Policy and Votes
There is a good article on trade, manufacturing, unions and politics in The New Yorker by Dan Kaufmann: Will Trump's broken promises to...
Philip Ammerman
Aug 10, 2020
Greece awaits € 72 billioN in EU Support
Greece expects to receive € 32 billion from the Next Generation EU pandemic recovery plan (of which, € 19 bln are grants and € 12.5 bln are
Philip Ammerman
Aug 3, 2020
CORNAVIRUS SECOND WAVE BEGINS
The onset of tourism and the relaxation of social distancing rules show that a Second Wave of COVID-19 infections is starting.
Philip Ammerman
Aug 1, 2020
The Donald Trump Reality Check
I’ve been doing a quick reality check on some popular news stories this week. The more digitally saturated we become, the more important it
Philip Ammerman
Jul 31, 2020
Wage Slavery in the Tech Sector
We keep talking about corporate social responsibility and being good corporate citizens. Do our investment and consumption policies reflect
Philip Ammerman
Jul 12, 2020
Coronavirus Rebound in the Tourist Season
Greece has re-opened for tourism. The number of daily new cases is rising (over one month ago).
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