Regular readers might find my occasional references to See-Saw, the book I published last autumn, a bit tiresome. Truth be known, there’s been weeks when, writing for The Currency regularly now, I desist from referencing it for fear I’d be accused of flogging a Shergar. Still, as some of the themes of the book, addressed through my own experience, manifest themselves quite regularly in business, politics and even sport there are times when I just have to. This is one of those weeks. The explosive account of how Uber went about building its global status resonated. When I read the…

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