This unadulterated episode of 8RD+ Versustakes features the Dutch-based EUR 53.3 billion revenue conglomerate Unilever in the world of FATTY ACIDS. As a theoretical framework we are probing the subjects of asymmetric information, impression management, planned obsolescence, and of course my favorite term FRAGILITY. In laymen terms, we are talking about who controls the markets […]
Read more "Big Fat Unilever and the Diet Heart Hypothesis"The time is due for another 8RD+ lecture, and of course FRAGILITY is one of the topics here. But more than anything, I am trying to unveil the secrets of the forgotten links between BEVERAGE industry, SUGAR industry, PLASTIC industry, and PETROLEUM industry. Companies like DuPont (NYSE: DD) and Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) have both their […]
Read more "Will DuPont Change the Monkey Business in the Beverage Business?"This time is different – this is a start that the reader might think Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff could begin with – and yes, this time the reader really faces a new writer instead of the Ultra High-Frequency Trading oriented academic behind the pen name 7/.V. In due arithmetic progression, let’s call me 8RD+, […]
Read more "Rock Steady but Fragile: Will Biohacking Sting Big Pharma to Death?"
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