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. … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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: … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
September was a bad press month for Ireland. The month started with Boone and Johnston[1] noting that each family in Ireland could end up being liable for Euro200,000 of public debt by 2015. Munchau[2] talked of the possibility of default … Continue reading