03-01 Taiwan
A disciplined society that has handled the virus well and is showing us life after the pandemic. It is Taiwan, a leader in politics and economics. It was 1985, and I was in Taiwan for the 12th International Small Business Congress. It was one adventure after another.My colleague wanted to get a haircut and in…
03-02 Greece
Greece learned from its financial crisis. Listen to its government. Greece is Europe’s leader in controlling the Coronavirus. Anyone who has visited Greece and Italy will never forget the experience. Both are places of spectacular beauty and history. And today their monster tourism industries are dead in the water. It is the world of Coronavirus…
03-03 South Korea
How leaders handle the pandemic will determine how they fare politically. A monster win for President Moon Jae-in of South Korea. It was at the Gala dinner during the 1977 International Symposium On Small Business in Seoul, South Korea. And I was seated opposite a high profile business leader. At his sides were his wife…
03-04 Cuba
The substantial Cuban population in Miami that hates the Cuban Communist regime, helps put Florida into the arms of the Republican Party in the USA. But it does not prevent major trade, investment and tourism between Canada and Cuba. It was 2002, and my wife and I spent a week in Cuba. The plane was…