John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
John Rockefeller is often introduced as the first modern billionaire. That framing is incomplete. His significance lies in the fact that he built two systems, sequentially, each with lasting global implications.
Economic Base
“What does your country produce?” A question at dinner in New York that I grew to dread. It should be an easy question to answer; and yet… it was not.
Workforces Build Economies
Most public conversations about development begin with infrastructure. The roads are poor.
Electricity is unreliable. Water systems are inconsistent. Internet access is limited.
Mission 300
At 10:03 a.m. on the 17th of April, 2026, Malawi experienced a national system shutdown. There was a countrywide loss of power supply.
