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Thorstein Veblen: The Man Behind Conspicuous Consumption
May I welcome you to the first of a few Adam Smith, Esq. portraits of notable economists? My source for all in this series is the redoubtable Capitalism and its Critics: A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI (John Cassidy, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux: New... read more +Geography is [not] Destiny
A few weeks ago a law land journalist asked us if we had any insights to offer about the above-average rate of expansion of law firms in a particular US metro market—which itself had been expanding at an above-market rate in business investment and population. This...
RIP Adam Smith
Born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, 5 June1732. Died in Edinburgh July 17, 1790 at age 67. Had he lived to today he would have been 293.
10 mistakes law firms make in managing their client relationships…
The importance of enhanced client focus continues to ratchet up. With good reason. In the “battle for market share” your current clients are both more valuable and vulnerable than before..
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The Rule of Law
I don’t know what role, if any, a deity might play in your life, but on my exceptionally short list of immanent beliefs worthy of worship is The Rule of Law: In a nutshell, “no one is above/all are equal before the law.” Its pedigree goes back in human history, way...