All posts tagged Globalization

2010 Year-end reviews and reports
January 21, 2011, 1 Comment

Why Do We Need Predictions? (NYT) Even though prognostications turn out to be wrong as often as they are right, why do t ...

Wednesday Night #1504
December 29, 2010, 2 Comments

Throughout the ages the balance of power has shifted from one nation to another.  The older generation of Earthlings to ...

World economy 2010
December 24, 2010, 2 Comments

World’s Richest Government after 2008-2009 financial crisis – we cannot find any attribution for the source of t ...

Wednesday Night #1474
June 2, 2010, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1474

In Japan, new boss meets same problems as old boss The ruling Democratic Party of Japan selected Japanese Finance Minist ...

Innovation in emerging markets
April 15, 2010, Comments Off on Innovation in emerging markets

(Economist special report) The world turned upside down The emerging world, long a source of cheap labour, now rivals th ...

Wednesday Night #1458
February 10, 2010, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1458

With the guidance of Kenneth Matziorinis, Dr. Ioannis Bougas and other experts, so much of the evening was devoted to a ...

Iran: analysis and commentary
August 6, 2009, Comments Off on Iran: analysis and commentary

Iran’s enduring turmoil President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, reconfirmed in office, still faces a groundswell of bitter ...

Wednesday Night #1430
July 28, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1430

Brian Morel introduced his good friend and former colleague at McGill,  Jacques Languirand, certainly one of the most n ...

Jeff Rubin: Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization
June 15, 2009, 2 Comments

A peak at oil reserves (The Economist) ACCORDING to BP, an oil company, the world has enough oil reserves to meet demand ...

Capitalism and Adam Smith
March 13, 2009, Comments Off on Capitalism and Adam Smith

Despite all [Adam] Smith did to explain and defend the constructive role of the market, he was deeply concerned about th ...