STREET DOGS
MICHEL PIREU: Who benefits betting on tomorrow's jam?
OF COURSE, there will always be people with intense, unsatisfied purposiveness who will blindly pursue wealth — for him jam is not jam unless it is a case of jam tomorrow and never jam today.So, for those investors who can’t see the need to "cash-in" at some point, this reminder of the professor in Sylvie and Bruno from John Maynard Keynes’ Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren:"Only the tailor, sir, with your little bill," said a meek voice outside the door."Ah, well, I can soon settle his business," the professor said to the children, "if you’ll just wait a minute. How much is it, this year, my man?" The tailor had come in while he was speaking."Well, it’s been a-doubling so many years, you see," the tailor replied, a little gruffly, "and I think I’d like the money now. It’s two thousand pound, it is!""Oh, that’s nothing!" the professor carelessly remarked, feeling in his pocket, as if he always carried at least that amount about with him. "But wouldn’t you like to wait jus...
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