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Philip Ammerman

8 hours ago

In Favour of Minimum Wage

I learned this morning of the failure of the $ 15 minimum wage proposal in the Senate. I am not surprised. We are in the middle of a pand...

Philip Ammerman

Feb 22

Greek Public Debt hits 227% GDP in 2020

This article is being published on NavInvest Greece. I'm repeating part of it here with commentary simply because it reminds me of the ba...

Philip Ammerman

Jan 16

AMAZING AMAZON

I've just had one of those absurdly amazing customer experiences that is so rare today. Over Christmas, I ordered seven books from Amazon.fr

Philip Ammerman

Jan 12

WARNINGS FORETOLD

Back in February 2019, I published an article in the Successful Business Magazine in Cyprus on the Cyprus Citizenship by Investment Progr...

Philip Ammerman

Nov 13, 2020

The Pfizer – BionTech Alliance

A lot was made about this week’s announcement that Pfizer’s initial results of COVID vaccine testing showed a 90% protection against tran...

Philip Ammerman

Nov 1, 2020

Jobs, Industrial Policy and Votes

There is a good article on trade, manufacturing, unions and politics in The New Yorker by Dan Kaufmann: Will Trump's broken promises to w...

Greece awaits € 72 billioN in EU Support

Philip Ammerman

Aug 10, 2020

Greece awaits € 72 billioN in EU Support

Greece expects to receive € 32 billion from the Next Generation EU pandemic recovery plan (of which, € 19 bln are grants and € 12.5 bln are

Philip Ammerman

Aug 3, 2020

CORNAVIRUS SECOND WAVE BEGINS

The onset of tourism and the relaxation of social distancing rules show that a Second Wave of COVID-19 infections is starting.

Philip Ammerman

Aug 1, 2020

The Donald Trump Reality Check

I’ve been doing a quick reality check on some popular news stories this week. The more digitally saturated we become, the more important it

Philip Ammerman

Jul 31, 2020

Wage Slavery in the Tech Sector

We keep talking about corporate social responsibility and being good corporate citizens. Do our investment and consumption policies reflect

Coronavirus Rebound in the Tourist Season

Philip Ammerman

Jul 12, 2020

Coronavirus Rebound in the Tourist Season

Greece has re-opened for tourism. The number of daily new cases is rising (over one month ago).

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