BRICS Don’t Know Where Athens Is
In Los Cabos, on the tip of Baja California, Greece is a faraway land in every sense of the…
Will Hong Kong Set The Renminbi Free?
Of all the Chinese contradictions that have been recently coming to light, the current monetary situation is certainly the…
Reinventing The Employee – The Sequel
Identifying and analyzing the systemic and structural problems is one, moving towards a solution is another. On an individual…
Is the First Globalization Age Already Over? The Foucault Pendulum is Swinging Again
Something happened during these last months to the global manufacturing scenario. It seems as if some events, unconnected to…
Merkel, China, And The Rest Of Us
The chorus calling out against Angela Merkel is beginning to sing off-key. Too many voices are singing the same…
The Systemic Problem Of A Single Currency
“Money is a tangible illusion, the frozen shadow of a thousand trade events.” – European fortune cookie Pioneering environmental scientist…
Signs Of Trouble In The Chinese Economy
China’s interest rate cut on June 7, the first since 2008, is just the beginning of…
Reinventing The Employee
Rarely do employees and even employers seem to appreciate modern staffing solutions. The world has changed but recruitment and…
India’s GDP A Victim Of Pre-Election Uncertainty
Bad news for the Indian economy, worse than expected. In the first trimester of 2012, India’s…
The Euro And The Generational Conflict
As an old saying goes, “Fate is not without a sense of irony.” The same is true for our single…