Mommy Banker

To be happier, you need to think about FEELING GOOD, FEELING BAD, and FEELING RIGHT, in an atmosphere of growth. Clunky, but it works.

—-  Gretchen Rubin,  The Happiness Project

 “China has been the world’s factory and the anchor of the global disconnect between rising material prices and lower consumer prices. But its heyday is over. We’re going to see higher prices.”

- DONG TAO, a Hong Kong-based economist for Credit Suisse.

In the longer term, higher costs in China could spell the end of an era of ultra-cheap goods.

“When you know who you are and what you stand for, you stand in wisdom.” — Oprah Winfrey

No wonder we have very few wise politicians.