A friend recent suggested that I read a book entitled “Death Sentence – The Decay of Public Language”. It’s an excellent book written by Don Watson, a former speech writer for former Prime Minister of Australia, Paul Keating. As I said, it’s an excellent book and one I recommend wholeheartedly to anybody who uses language

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Generally speaking, it pays to be in industries where prices and demand are going up. Economics 101 tells us that prices generally increase due to low supply and high demand, more suppliers enter the market attracted by high returns.  Eventually competitively reduces returns and prices will stabilise, acting as a disincentive to new suppliers.  Alternatively, or synchronously, demand

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