On Monday October 31 Dr Oscar Arias visited the School of Trans Border Studies at ASU and I had the honor of giving him a tour of the Changing Boundaries Map Exhibit. Arias won the Nobel Peace Prize...Read More
We know about economies of scale from Adam Smith and the famous pin factory. As you make more of something the per unit cost goes down. But when an organization get past the optimum size dis-economi...Read More
In the 1990’s I heard an economist say that “in the future countries will compete based on how well they treat people, ideas and capital.” He made the point that the USA was one of t...Read More
Here is a picture of a utility worker diligently repairing some lines: No problem Except: He is on a ladder in the middle of a busy intersection. Good thing there isn’t an OSHA in Costa Rica....Read More
This is a story that they don’t teach to school children in the USA. But they do teach it in Costa Rica. I think it explains a lot about the suspicion that people in Latin America have about...Read More