brewers and governments

Some business news for a change: a big US brewer is buying a Columbian brewer. A rival from the Netherlands almost got there first. Earlier, another US company bought a Chinese brewer. This is just normal business, and it illustrates an important point: powerful, stable businesses do not depend on any particular nation.

Another point to note is that business rewards stability. If a nation looks stable, business will invest there, If not, business looks elsewhere.

Another point is that when a business does badly, there is no bloodshed, it is simply bought out by another business, and work continues as normal. And in a healthy economy, if the business behaves badly, workers and consumers can go elsewhere.

Government is a form of business. We need it just like we need food or insurance or doctors. Good business does not rely on fixed national boundaries. Business works better when boundaries are not fixed. If we allow nations to start and expand and contract and end, then business will reward stability, and good governments will replace bad governments. The world would be a much better place.