Posts by: Scrodell290
The Press and the blogsphere have been full of talk of the financial markets over-ruling democracy. Now we’re talking about over-ruling democracy in Europe of all places – and most would see Europe as the global champion of human rights. Some see that is a negative step, for example, Skelton[1]. Others see this as a [...]
Two things that we took for granted when preparing our business plans. Unwritten assumptions that democracy and capitalism would survive all that the world could throw at them. Well, many are frightened that this might not be the case. Most are pointing to the current Euro Area crisis as a potential source of capitalism’s demise. [...]
And at the time of writing this post the FTSE 100 here in London is down 1.3% after about 5 hours trading. If we look back over just the last three months we see a real roller coaster: FTSE 100 Since the end of July the total value of investments (or should I say Joe [...]
It was interesting to read of Prime Minister Putin’s aspiration of creating a Eurasian economic zone whilst I was drinking a cup of coffee yesterday[1]. Founder members of this new ‘Eurasian Union’ are Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, and membership could extend to include Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan too. So we have another EU entering its gestation [...]
Dr Ian Bremmer put forward an interesting model in February 16 issue of the Financial Times[1]. The model was the J-Curve and Dr Bremmer used it to illustrate current events in the Middle East. I show the J-Curve model below: You can see that running along the vertical axis we have stability. Along the horizontal [...]
It’s only just beginning. By that I mean how society will change after the Great Recession. The economic decline that was the recession was merely a catalytic event. Within the debris generated by the economic upheaval lie the leading indicators that can tell us what society at the end of the will look like. An [...]
PWC’s 14th global survey of CEOs – Growth Reimagined: Prospects in emerging markets drive CEO confidence[1] paints a welcome and optimistic view of the future path of globalization. Plus points in this report include: An increasing emphasis on the need to innovate (and not just innovation to get costs down) – innovation in markets and [...]
Download pdf version Quick Points: An overview in 120 seconds During the past three months two major studies, focusing upon the future of the global economy, have been released. Both show significant global growth and the emergence of a swathe of new economies. This information can be interpreted from two perspectives. The conventional perspective sees [...]
The Irish Crisis[1] is important, not merely in economic terms, but from the perspective of seeing how the future, post Great Recession world order, is evolving. I will argue here that ultimately the shape of a post-recession world will be shaped by those architects with the greatest political power and influence. The late Susan Strange[2] [...]
If your business plans hinge on the continued rolling forward of the globalization bandwagon then you had better draw up a contingency plan (regular readers of this blog will have already prepared such plans). The news[1] that the US Fed will engage in a second round of quantitative easing (“QE2″) could well take the wheels [...]
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