Imperiled Remittances Sustain Economies

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            Marble Falls        As Trump continues to push globalization into the dustbin of history, it’s worth looking at the intended and unintended impacts of remittances around the world.  Some may remember that one of Trump’s proposals in trying to attack immigration and migrant workers is to propose a transaction tax on remittances flowing from …

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Tactical Empathy

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            Marble Falls        I wasn’t familiar with the negotiating strategy being popularized by a guy named Chris Voss called “tactical empathy,” until reading an interview in Sunday Times from over a month ago.  Turns out that Voss was a career FBI guy who went from being on SWAT teams to becoming their lead negotiator …

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Generational Wealth, OMG!

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            Marble Falls        Sure, most of us have a pretty good idea what “generational wealth” is when we hear the term bandied about or read it somewhere, but, honestly, how often do we give it a second thought, or fully get our arms around how pernicious – and permanent – it is?  Not often, …

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