I do not mind paying taxes, but…
My blood boils when I see TeliaSonera’s ex-CEO, Lars Nyberg, moving to Portugal as a pensioner. There like one of my former Swedish bosses, he will not pay much tax on his pension and other income as a “non… Läs mer!
PISA results are coming
The PISA results are coming. Sweden has already seen a relative deterioration in school student results. Finnish students have remained high in their relative scores and that is good. No other investment is better than education; the most important… Läs mer!
Amos Anderson – an incredibly assertive proposal!
The Amos Anderson Museum proposal for Helsingin Lasipalatsi is an important step forward for Helsinki. First, it brings together existing Finnish resources and networks to create something that the Guggenheim proposal would never achieve. Second, it will be a… Läs mer!
Unwarranted rewards
When we are all being asked to share the pain of weak economic performance, you have to wonder why the senior management of “private” Finnish pension companies is still being rewarded with large bonuses in addition to high base… Läs mer!
True Europeans need skeptics
We enjoyed a sunny weekend in Rome. Two days were enough to convince the most enthusiastic Europeans that small Nordic countries do not need to finance that country, no matter how bad they claim to be. We stood outside… Läs mer!
A Challenge to Create an Honestly Good Search Engine from Finland
zv7qrnb With all the recent noise around looking at Finland’s future alternatives, I am surprised that nobody has come up with the challenge to create a Finnish contender to Google, Bing or Alibaba. I feel hopelessly depressed every time… Läs mer!
An effective way to watch foreign TV on the net
I travel a lot and hate sitting in hotel rooms with bad local TV channels. Now I have solved the problem so I can watch Swedish, British, French, Italian, German, Canadian, etc. channels when I want. The solution requires… Läs mer!
Should you pay back your housing loan?
In Sweden there is a continuing debate about repaying housing loans. The banks do not want people to repay their loans. They want to have them invest their cash in saving’s products like investment funds, shares and deposits. The… Läs mer!
The GroupOn experience…
Two friends have both had a Groupon experience. They purchased a EUR 100 for a dinner for two at a Michelin restaurant in Helsinki for which they paid EUR 50. It looked like an offer you cannot refuse. However,… Läs mer!
Hotel bookings – price wars…
During my recent vacation in Florida I stayed in four boutique hotels. I had booked most of them through www.trivago.com which aggregates many of the hotel discount websites to give me the lowest possible price. Readers may have noticed… Läs mer!
Senaste från ekonomi och näringsliv
Den självutnämnde förmyndaren
Finne! Blicka västerut – släpp den neurotiska hållningen till alkohol som låser in oss i ett självförvållat sprithelvete. Under sommaren deltog jag i en rockkonsert i Berlin och besökte en hårdrockfestival i Sverige. I bägge fallen frapperades min interna… Läs mer!
Evigt digitalt liv
Spåren i de sociala nätverken följer oss bortom döden. Som första amerikanska delstat har Delaware antagit en lag som likställer digitala tillgångar – internetkonton – med fysiska tillgångar som aktier och fastigheter. Liksom reella tillgångar ska efterlevande ärva den… Läs mer!