Oasis of Innovation in the Desert
When it comes to innovation in the Middle East, one country stands alone. The question is why? Which…
Nigel Duckworth is the author of the book "Invisible Innovation" (2023) and writes on innovation through the ages. His writing spans topics such as energy, materials, and supply chain. He has a deep interest in the ideas that foster innovation and advance human progress. His articles have appeared in publications such as Global Trade Magazine, Industry Today, Manufacturing Business Technology, Supply & Demand Chain Executive, Total Retail, Supply Chain Brain, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and many others.
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Billionaires, Labor, and Wealth
Do “pen-pushing” billionaires really deserve their wealth? I recently reread Marx and Engels’ “Communist Manifesto” and was reminded…
Anti-Capitalist Fallacies: The Evil of Bigness & the Kroger-Albertsons Merger
True to their revulsion for big, successful companies, the antitrusters are rallying against the Kroger-Albertsons merger. But which…
Choking Innovation
How opposition to new technologies stifles innovation and progress The economist Julian Simon observed that when we solve…
The Barely Believable Story of the Dambusters
I turned the corner and saw it. I instantly knew what it was. A bomb. I was thrilled.…
What is Innovation?
From flint tools to fusion, innovation comes in many forms It’s all around us and has been for…
The Insatiable Vampire
There is an indiscriminate and unstoppable, vampire, sucking the lifeblood out of every American. That vampire is inflation.…
Artemis 1: NASA’s New Mission to the Moon
Earlier this year, I was at the Kennedy Space Center to watch the launch of Axiom’s Ax-1 manned…
Fossil Fuels as “Buried Treasure”
Fossil fuels are dirty, toxic, destroyers of the environment and our health… That is how many people think…
Suspended in Space: The Incredible Story of the Parachute
The story of the parachute, actually goes back over 2,000 years. The concept of the parachute is usually…