We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour. — G.K. Chesterton We little expected in our explorations of local economy to find …
We know people who refuse to visit any Walmart store because they are virtuous and principled, and the gigantic chain that employs several hundred Chattanoogans and grosses F$447 billion …
By Franklin Sanders After the bank runs of the early 1930s one of Franklin Roosevelt’s high priorities was somehow to restore faith in the banking system. After all, this …
One thing is certain, that at particular times a great deal of stupid people have a great deal of stupid money ***. At intervals, from causes which are not …
The story of the bankruptcy case against the late Jack E. Brown, the Soddy-Daisy tax preparer who was accused of bilking Chattanooga-area investors, reveals an important local economy lesson. …
The American war for independence against Great Britain is opposite to the French Revolution that followed it a few years later. The main difference is that the American struggle …
The arrival of another company in the Chattanooga area is news that gladdens the soul of chambers of commerce executives and cheers the eye of the man on the …
I’ve been reading two volumes from the 1990s about the rise and fall of the nation-state, books that remind me of my heritage as a Swiss and an American …
