Quotes by John Price Jones

“let the Dow Jones plunge and markets all over the world also plummet. Some economists have advocated the decoupling of economies, but the crash in global markets, preceded by the financial crisis in the United States, is a stark reminder of the inter-dependence of the nations of the world, increasing ever since the first true decoupling occurred when God scattered the residents of the original Babylon and formed the nations.””

“Astute readers may have noticed that Dow Jones’s working capital model was implemented, in reality, by asking subscribers to pay up front. That’s a revenue model issue, too, isn’t it? Right you are. Costco’s working capital model was driven largely by membership fees paid up front”