Tag Archives: infrastructure

Knock, knock….Is anyone listening out there?

January 8, 2013 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 12 Comments

There is a growing realization that high growth for many nations is no longer in the cards. Oh, if you live in one of the developing nations of Africa- you can say this is wrong. But, even in China, which is slowly entering that state of economy that includes Israel… While neither which is officially a “First World” nation, they are, for all intents and purposes, there- and their growth rates are so demonstrating. Robust growth- growth over 3-4% over 5 years or more- is something that will only occur in those states that are becoming industrialized, not for those with existing corporate/services infrastructure.

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We built that!

October 2, 2012 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 22 Comments

Alert: This is a political blog….

I wrote a piece that I sent to a few (ok, maybe 35) friends and family, because it’s that time of year…. Election time. And, I got back a reply (or two or 28) from a few folks. And, I recognized how many people let their biases override their logic. (I know, I wrote a blog about this already, too.) But, I still get surprised when folks just don’t consider the real facts.

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London Bridge is Falling Down…

August 21, 2012 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 21 Comments

It’s not very funny. Especially if you live in the Metropolitan Washington, DC area. But, here’s the “joke” that I cracked last week. (This post was written on 4 August 2012.) Dominion Power and Pepco are thrilled at the recent events. India proved to the world that these two (Dominion and Pepco) were not the worst utility companies in the world. After all, they only blacked out one region of the US with a million or so residents. India blacked out 18 states and 680 million people.

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