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Productive, but Not Prosperous: The Paradox Grows

2026-05-19
We are more productive and work less, yet many do not live better. Productivity becomes progress only when it creates real value and reaches people’s pockets.

Money: When it stops being yours and becomes Permission

2026-01-22
With fully digital money, you don’t pay—you request permission to pay. No need to ban anything. Just don’t authorize it. And if money becomes programmable, it stops being money and turns into a voucher with rules. Whoever sets the rules sets your freedom.

China and Europe: the West’s Strategic Mistake

16/12/25
Europe believes it can redefine economic reality by decree. China simply produces, learns, and wins. Without cheap energy there is no industry; without industry there is no sovereignty. Europe’s problem is not moral—it is strategic.

Productivity Without Progress: The Paradox

2025-11-07
We’re more productive, yet not better off. Wealth concentrates, essentials rise, and freedom demands character. The future rewards creators, not clock-cutters.

CTA: read and discuss.

Product and Service Development: …the other path to profitability. (Part 1)

1994-02-22
The article argues that profitability isn’t achieved solely through cost-cutting or process redesign, but by innovating in products and services. “Product-Driven Competitiveness” relies on differentiated offerings that yield higher margins. Industries like telecommunications and banking show how innovation—new services, strategic alliances, and methodologies such as PCP ("Product Creation Process")—can reshape business. The challenge isn’t technical but organizational: breaking functional rigidity, identifying real customer needs, and making new-offer launches a permanent business habit.

Product and Service Development: …the other path to profitability. (Part-2)

1994-03-01
Innovation isn’t improvisation—it’s method, strategy, and organization. The PCP model shows that developing new products doesn’t compete with efficiency; it strengthens it. Companies that institutionalize innovation will make change a profitable and permanent habit.

Pay Television: The New Cornucopia (Part-1)

1994-01-11
Cable television could reshape Spain’s entertainment and telecom economy, create thousands of jobs and pave the way for the information superhighways. But without clear legislation, the opportunity risks fading amid political hesitation.

Pay Television: The New Cornucopia (Part 2)

1994-01-18
Cable television could transform Spain’s economy, technology, and leisure. It creates jobs, drives competition, and foreshadows the coming “Information Superhighway.” More than a screen business, it is a network linking development, culture, and freedom.