A Forsterian summary might read: “The bubble burst, people became cautious and the economy got stuck in too low a gear to stop prices and interest rates from falling.”
—The Economist, in ‘The Japanification of bond markets’
Tag: Growth
The 40% rule for growth
The 40% rule is that your growth rate + your profit should add up to 40%.
Seth’s Godin: In defence of the tree emoji 🌳
The tree emoji celebrates the patient and generous acts of planting seeds, watering them, caring for them, and then, in a generation, you have a tree.
Simple growth. With patience. (I prefer the deciduous tree instead of the evergreen, because the leaves coming in and falling off are part of the deal).
Put me down for the tree emoji.
🌳
Seth’s Blog: In defence of the tree emoji, May 9, 2017, at 01:10 AM
Culture and success
ModCloth was founded in Pittsburgh, but later moved its HQ to San Francisco. It’s impossible to know if things would have worked out differently had the company remained in the Steel City, but some of its quirky retail culture did seem to get commingled with the “grow grow” tech etho
Using Debt Like Growth Equity – AVC, April 24, 2017, at 10:13 AM
Institutions & Development
Some countries build benign, efficient institutions that foster economic growth;
others build predatory ones that retard it.
How to fix failed states, January 12, 2017 at 02:53AM
