Posts by John E. Wade II
Thoughts as We Begin the New Year, 2016
My first thought is personal. I want to marry Nancy and have a beautiful life together till death do us part. Nancy, will you marry me? I want our lives to be balanced, certainly with fun and excitement—such as attending a winning Saints game. But I want our lives to have meaning and to count.…
Read MoreREVIEW Part IV: The Business Solution to Poverty: Designing Products and Services for Three Billion Customers
The Business Solution to Poverty: Designing Products and Services for Three Billion Customers By Paul Polak and Mal Walwick Review By John E. Wade II Part IV The chapter, “Why Business is Best Equipped to Fight Global Poverty,” starts with a statement that I heartedly endorse, “It’s not just that traditional methods have failed. Businesses…
Read MoreProsperity and World Order
Kissinger entitled his book World Order, and immediately the book addresses the nonexistence of a real world order. After reading/reviewing/analyzing his book about five and a half times, I agree. I also agree with Kissinger about the desperate need for a world order in our society today. We have been operating under a system that was…
Read MoreA Path of Nonviolence Towards World Order
I’m coming to believe that prosperity is part of the pathway to democracy. An individual concerned about his next meal isn’t likely to be an informed, articulate, wise voter. Therefore, prosperity has a direct role in the establishment and maintenance of democracy. I have spent a great deal of my time reviewing the fifth chapter…
Read MoreREVIEW Part III: The Business Solution to Poverty: Designing Products and Services for Three Billion Customers
The Business Solution to Poverty: Designing Products and Services for Three Billion Customers By Paul Polak and Mal Walwick Review By John E. Wade II Part III Part One Only Business Can End Poverty I agree quite fervently that only business can end poverty, not only in the Global South, which is the subject of…
Read MoreA New Approach to Assessing Candidates
So much—almost all—of the news about the Presidential campaign is about national and world issues. The irony is that from January 20, 2017 to January 20, 2021 our president will face unknown issues and widely varying issues from those known now. So if we cannot judge a candidate based on their opinions on national and…
Read MoreREVIEW Part II: The Business Solution to Poverty: Designing Products and Services for Three Billion Customers
The Business Solution to Poverty: Designing Products and Services for Three Billion Customers By Paul Polak and Mal Walwick Review By John E. Wade II Part II Paul Polak, one of this book’s authors, wrote, Out of Poverty. In it he explained how a market-driven nonprofit organization he founded in 1981, “…had lifted 17 million rural…
Read MoreThoughts on the Middle East and Eastern Europe
I’ve spent a lot of my free time reviewing the Middle East chapter in Henry Kissinger’s book World Order. And I’ve realized that the two spots in the world that are most at risk are the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Henry Kissinger states himself that the Middle East is very complicated both within itself and…
Read MoreREVIEW Part I: The Business Solution to Poverty: Designing Products and Services for Three Billion Customers
The Business Solution to Poverty: Designing Products and Services for Three Billion Customers By Paul Polak and Mal Walwick Review By John E. Wade II Part I This is a book that cries out to those of all ages who want meaning and purpose in their life. The goal is simple—bring out of poverty those…
Read MoreInterview with Sara Troy on S.E.L.F. Discovery Radio
I sincerely thank Sara Troy both for the hour-long interview concerning my memoir, The Bipolar Millionaire and the Operation, as well as for her permission to present it to you on my own website. Sara was gracious in her style of discourse and in the opinions she gave and received. Thank you, Sara!
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