Mistakes Are Nothing To Be Ashamed Of.

Now I Can Broadcast To An Audience Of Several Million People On The 'today' Programme. I Can Talk About The Day's News. But On Radio, Believe It Or Not, We Have Notes And Scripts. And While We Might Ad Lib The Odd Wryly Amusing Asides, They Come At The Frequency Of A Suburban Bus. About One Every 90 Minutes.

We Brits Print Banknotes Out In Debden In Essex, And Have Contracted It Out To The Private Sector. Here In The U.s. It Is A Government Operation Right In The Heart Of Washington Next Door To The Holocaust Museum.

Some People Harbour An Awkward Clash Of Feelings - Homosexual Attraction On The One Hand And Shame Or Embarrassment About That Attraction On The Other. It Is Well Known That The Mind Struggles To Sustain Conflicting Views.

We Are More Likely To Cheat If We See Others Doing So. We Tend To Conform To Accepted Norms Of Reasonable Behaviour, Rather Than Adhere To Strict Rules.

There Is A Strong Link Between The Following Three Things: Exporting, Manufacturing And The Degree Of Saving By The Population. It's Complicated, But If The Population Doesn't Save, The Economy Will Not Tend To Export As Much, And If It Doesn't Export As Much, It Won't Manufacture Enough.