This very brief article looks to human nature to explain why duopolies are often so competitive.

Many of you have probably heard about the “pending” labor shortage. The Herman Group predicts that by 2010, there will be a shortage of over 10 million employees in the U.S. This is not a problem that will magically appear in 5 years. The problem is NOW!!

Half of the world around 3 billion people lives on less than 2 a day. Among them 1.3 billion people live on 1/day. The GDP of the 48 poorest countries is less than the wealth of the worlds three richest people combined.