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Month: January 2017

Connecting the Dots – 2017 Overview

  The 2017 outlook report provides an overview of the world economy by connecting the dots. Included is a global table on the yearly level for all major world...

Upcoming 2017 WEC – Hong Kong & Orlando

We hope to see you at the 2017 World Economic Conferences in Orlando and Hong Kong. We will make an announcement once tickets are available for...

Are We Getting Dumber?

Recent studies are discovering that each generation is becoming increasingly stupid. A study from Iceland has highlighted a downward spiral in human intelligence....

Eliminating Currency = Communism

Columbia University Economist Joseph Stiglitz says that the United States should phase out currency and move towards a digital economy. All of these people...

Trump’s Tax Reduction Follows John F. Kennedy Approach

Of course, the left is focusing on how much the “rich” pay while ignoring the entire issue of taxes. When I debated Steve Forbes and Governor James...

Market Talk – January 25, 2017

Having seen a strong cash performance in US markets has certainly helped sentiment flowing into Asia this morning. Aiding the +1.4% return seen in the Nikkei today...

Dow Breaks the 20,000 Barrier

While every story you read from the press is negative about Trump and one in every three California residents supports the withdrawal from the union, according to a...

Immigration & Risk

The protests against Trump have been claiming that he will somehow end abortion (which he cannot do), and the civil rights and immigration parts of their protests...

Davos Exposing EU’s Date with Destiny

The European Parliament elected a new speaker last week in an unusually hotly contested vote that could strengthen Euroskeptic forces at a time when the EU faces...

Draghi Admits EU May Breakup For First Time

For the first time, the head of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, has conceded the possibility that the EU may fall apart. Draghi came out and said that any...