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Chased by AI

Chased by AI

We remember the internet bubble. If your company was not somehow related to the internet, you could only place marginal value on it. In contrast, all companies that were fully committed to the internet were sky-high in the stock markets. We also remember World Online, one of the debacles that cost many investors a fortune.

Government distorts labour market

Government distorts labour market

I was with a notary this week who told me that he had lost two team members to the tax authorities. An accountant accompanying us added that his children, who had studied tax law, had also joined the tax department. And considering the workload compared to what he himself had gone through in his career, he gave them great credit. I wondered aloud how they thought they would build wealth then.

Pension crisis

Pension crisis

For 15 years, politicians have been trying to reform the pension system. So there must be something wrong with the current system. Fixing what is wrong is apparently very complex. I heard the chairman of the pension funds' umbrella organisation say that we have the best pension system in the world. So why should it be different? In my memory, the criticism of the system once came from the left and had everything to do with the fact that the young were co-paying for the old.

Animal Cruelty

Animal Cruelty

Winter is over and spring is in full swing. The first blossom colours the landscape and the magnolia draws all the attention in many a garden. The downside for lazy garden owners is that the grass and weeds are starting to grow again and the terrace tiles have come out of winter looking rather drab.

Trump and Musk, what now?

Trump and Musk, what now?

The world is in turmoil. From Washington, daily statements are thrown into the world that leave us all in amazement. That certainly applies to Trump's political opponents. Let's count Mrs. Von der Leyen among them. Between the two, how is that supposed to work? Europe cannot formulate any unified position under her direction and yet she thinks she is an interlocutor for Trump.

Weather forecast or Trump

Weather forecast or Trump

Ik had het dit keer met u willen hebben over de kwaliteit van de weersvoorspellingen. Het valt mij namelijk al lang op dat het niet goed gaat met onze meteorologen. Is dat een onderontwikkelde wetenschap? Moeten we daar niet eens wat stimulans in gaan brengen?

Tax authorities visiting

Tax authorities visiting

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend a reunion drink at the National Audit Office, where my career once began. That was also immediately the best time I experienced. Tax officials do not sufficiently realise the protected status they have. With law in hand, they roam the country, St Nicholas would say. But they don't play Santa Claus.

What's happening in the world of hospitals

What's happening in the world of hospitals

The commotion focused on the Zuyderland hospitals in Heerlen and Geleen. But surely it must be symptomatic of all regional hospitals. Financial compulsiveness prevails. Hospital administrators are primarily CFOs, so focused on cost and efficiency.