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June 21, 2017 • CRITICAL ANALYSIS, Capitalism in the 21st Century, Europe
By Abayomi Azikiwe People of colour, the working class and poor have been negatively impacted by British economic and housing policy. In this article, the author discusses the recent Grenfell Tower Fire, the unheard complaints of past residents turned victims, and the economic and social implications behind the tragedy. Authorities in London, England announced …
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June 19, 2017 • GLOBAL ECONOMY, Capitalism in the 21st Century
By Peter Koenig Venezuela is arguably the only true democracy in the western world. In this article, Peter Koenig elaborates on the western world’s “demonisation” of countries that do not conform to the rules of empire, truths hidden by main stream media, and more. On 8 of June, I had the privilege to attend …
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June 5, 2017 • BUSINESS & INNOVATION, Digital Transformation
By Hermawan Kartajaya and Ardhi Ridwansyah Management has been inevitably transformed by the digital era. Hermawan Kartajaya and Ardhi Ridwansyah discuss the Three Paradoxes of Digitalisation essential to a company’s success in winning the hearts and minds of its digital consumers. More than 20 years ago, Charles Handy in the book “The Age of …
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June 5, 2017 • EMERGING TRENDS, Capitalism in the 21st Century, Climate Change & Society
By Joss Tantram Valuing the planet in economic terms runs the risk of financialising, commodifying and privatising nature. The task in front of us is not to tinker with the methods, but to reverse this concept, moving from the financialisation of the planet to the planetisation of finance. “We have statesmen and politicians who profess …
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May 17, 2017 • GLOBAL ECONOMY, Frontier Markets, Asia - Pacific, China, World Development
By Dan Steinbock Until recently, globalisation was led by the West and benefitted only a few advanced economies. After China’s three decades of rapid growth, the Belt and Road initiatives hold potential for more inclusive globalisation. During the weekend, the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation flooded Beijing with almost 30 heads of …
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May 10, 2017 • CRITICAL ANALYSIS, Capitalism in the 21st Century, World Development
By Peter Koenig We thought slavehood has been abolished a long time ago. Peter Koenig begs to disagree as he describes how we live in an oppressive depressive western civilization, which we still call “democracy”. When in the 18th and 19th Century African slaves did not “behave”, they were cruelly beaten sometimes to death as …
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May 5, 2017 • EMERGING TRENDS, Capitalism in the 21st Century
By Graham Vanbergen There is no doubt that the world is facing a wave of unprecedented uncertainties from political and civil unrest, conflict and terrorism to seemingly never-ending financial turmoil, climate change, the struggle for resources and disruptive technologies. Like it or not, no matter where we are, we are living in a new world disorder. But …
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April 9, 2017 • GLOBAL ECONOMY, EMERGING TRENDS, Editor’s Choice
By Danny Leipziger The phenomenon of slower world trade growth coincides with new protectionist sentiment and challenges to the view that globalisation is welfare-enhancing, fair, and consistent with national economic objectives. Public policy will need to adjust to these changes in the global economy and in the global dialogue. As is widely reported by …
