Economist, Visiting Professor, Lecturer, Writer, Public Speaker.
As a wit once said, forecasting is extremely difficult, especially about the future. With good reason, as some events occur only once in a century. Yet, we’ve had two of those ‘black swan’ type of events in the last ten years. So, this is not attempting to forecast what will occur this year; it is …
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After two cataclysmic wars in the first part of the 20th century, many global institutions were formed. The aim was to promote international cooperation, economic development, oversight and coordination to prevent such disasters from occurring again. Promoting prosperity through peaceful competition on an agreed rule book was seen as the way forward. It worked. There …
We face significant challenges: climate change, COVID-19, an ageing population, inequality, both within and between countries, and the pace of technological change, itself leading to further inequality. All are critical, but the one that seems to pose an existential threat to humanity –and so is slowly leading to coordinated action –is climate change. There have …