Bezos in Space
A dream of space Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, is spending a billion dollars each year on a project to bring thousands of people into space in th...
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“Two Terrible Decades” — a synopsis
Part One of the book is a detailed account of the founding of the International Chamber of Commerce in the aftermath of the Great War of 1914–18, and of ...
“Two Terrible Decades” — from A Century of Commerce
Please download a copy of the PDF file (1.8 MB). I look forward to your comments, corrections and suggestions here in the comments on my website, or by...
The ICC’s Century
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has been the most prominent voice of international business for just over a century. This year is the&nb...
Draft history of ICC: final chapters
Last year, I completed the manuscript of a centennial history of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). It’s a long work: 400 pages, more or...
The Wallenbergs at the ICC
Peter Wallenberg, the scion of the great Swedish family of bankers and industrialists, died on 19 January aged 88. Among his many achievements was to ...