Articles tagged with: globalization
ANALYSIS, Americas, Asia, Europe, INNOVATION, Innovation Economics »
ANALYSIS, USA — Wealthy white people with academic economic dogma are a plague on all our wallets, let alone houses.
The economics brains trust of our last 8 years or so of US (and British & Australian) economic policy have been a few rich white guys, right-wing academic economists from big universities like Harvard. These folks theories are to blame for severity of the coming US recession.
Why?
Most universities (like Harvard) have a fair mix of dissent; but the current US administration selected all economists (and think-tanks) with far-Right free market views.
Clinton, …
INNOVATION, Our World »
VIDEOS, Youtube – Interesting film, unsure of the source. Makes a case for global supply chains and trade, apparently shot in the 1950s, by its appearance. Worth a look even if just to disagree or not!
ANALYSIS, Americas, Asia, Innovation Economics, Our World »
ANALYSIS, Global — As I write this US markets are in melt down, the UK is bleeding, and Australian markets have lost 24% of their value.
“Now like before, the financial deals are so complex no-one understands them”
That was me, part of a post predicting the current unraveling a month ago (27/12), I was making a comparison between 1920s and today. Mass Delusions, 2008 downturn
The events appear to be happening event faster than I believed. And now according to numerous reports, in many major markets the Bear is likely among us.
Here’s …
ANALYSIS, Americas, Asia, Europe, Innovation Economics »
ANALYSIS, Global – Very few people actually understand capitalism, or economics. Even those charged with regulating economic free trade.
But most people understand sport, say European football (or soccer in other countries). And economics at a macro, international level is similar conceptually.
So here’s an easy explanation of the main argument between economics and ‘free trade’; and the practice of regulating markets.
You may think who is ‘right’ about economics and free markets is too complex to understand, but this analogy makes it straightforward.
I know a few politicians who could do …
