years ago, an economist changed my life forever. It’s a shame I never had a chance to buy him a drink. My dear Vilfredo died almost 100 years ago. Vilfredo Pareto was a wily and controversial economist-cum-sociologist who lived from 1848 to 1923. An engineer by training, he started his varied career managing co

no sign of weakening. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028792 --- PAGE BREAK --- Year after year, the power of the "foxes" grows. It was the great Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto who noticed - among other things - that no matter what kind of government you think you have, there are always some crafty insiders, the "foxes," who

no sign of weakening. Year after year, the power of the "foxes" grows. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031137 --- PAGE BREAK --- It was the great Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto who noticed - among other things - that no matter what kind of government you think you have, there are always some crafty insiders, the "foxes," who