Failure is a Feature, Not a Bug

It’s sad when an enterprise fails. Each one represents someone’s hopes and ambitions. Some are poorly thought out, some cynical cash grabs, but many startups represent people’s well-intentioned efforts to provide for themselves and their loved ones. Every failure is someone’s dashed dream. As sad as this is, it’s good that bad firms and bad […]

An unruly OPEC is causing problems for Russia and Saudi Arabia

The november meeting of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its partners (opec+) was meant to be a staid affair. Instead, the summit was first pushed back from the 26th and then moved online, revealing a fracas between the cartel’s big producers and its minnows. After acquiescing to lower output quotas at their […]