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...Maynard Holt — an investment banker who, as part of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co, was at the centre of the US oil surge — thinks so....
...This is a comment paraphrased by Emma Jacobs in her review of Sarah Jaffe’s book Work Won’t Love You Back (“Why you should ditch ‘follow your passion’ careers advice”, Work & Careers, January 25)....
...The bright future was one outlined by John Maynard Keynes in the 1930s, whereby hours worked reduce and people have time for their grandchildren, poetry and leisure....
...The central trio are engaging, but particular mention must be made of Jacob Maynard, who took over as the innocent Chip with mere days’ notice....
...Jacob Rees-Mogg, another Eurosceptic MP and a frequent critic of Mark Carney, the BoE’s governor, said Mr Haldane was “one of the ablest thinkers at the bank” and was in effect admitting that “the BoE and...
...How different this is from economist John Maynard Keynes’s prediction in 1930 that in 100 years we would devote most of our week to leisure....
...In 1930, John Maynard Keynes predicted that in 100 years' time we would be working three-hour shifts or a 15-hour week. In 2007, Tim Ferriss advised on how to work a four-hour week....
...Five writers looking at work trends outline their advice on future-proofing careers to Emma Jacobs....
...Rather than competition, the big headache has been the US Food and Drug Administration, which has, for example, cracked down on the sale of Maynards Wine Gums over colour additives it deems unsafe....
...When Trevor Maynard travels, he turns up at the airport a couple of hours before most people would. “Just in case the taxi breaks down or [is] attacked by a swarm of frogs,” he says....
...Robert Jacob Alexander Skidelsky was born in Harbin, China, in 1939. His parents were British subjects of Russian ancestry, Jewish on his father’s side, Christian on his mother’s....
...Send your comments to emma.jacobs@ft.com...
...The obvious potential economic cost of such an agreement is what Jacob Viner, the great inter-war trade economist, called “trade diversion”....
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