Amsterdam is clearly one of the great cities of the world, and Holland one of the most successful countries. With only 16 million people, two-thirds of the country would be underwater were it not for the system of dams and pumping stations. The Dutch obviously have to cooperate with each other to survive. Reflecting that […]…
About: William Holstein
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President Clinton mentions TNAE Case Studies
I’ve been speaking with folks from the Clinton Global Initiative because former president Bill Clinton told them to reach out to me. I don’t know where those discussions will lead, but it’s clear that Clinton himself has digested the message of my book. On ABC television on Sunday morning, he ticked off several of my […]…
Holstein Talks the Economy with NPR Radio
TOPICAL Currents with Joseph Cooper, 91.3 WLRN NPR October 3, 2011 Topical Currents is with editor and journalist William Holstein, who says business shouldn’t passively wait for the economy to turn-around…but must take an active role to launch new business models. He’s chronicled new technologies in Boston, Orlando, Pittsburgh and San Diego in his latest […]…
Paris, September 2011
It’s interesting to take the TGV south from Amsterdam. You’re aware that you’re in Holland as you pass through Rotterdam, but the next step is Antwerp, which is in Belgium. There are no signs saying “Welcome to Belgium,” not even when the train passes through Brussels. There is no need to check passports or change […]…
Man Bites Dog: What the Europeans Can Teach Us
It’s pretty darn near universal Conventional Wisdom in the United States that the Europeans are finished in many ways: they don’t have fast economic growth, they have overly intrusive governments and they’re stuck in the past. Some of that may be true, and I’ve certainly been arguing for years that Japan and China are more […]…
