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Occupy the World!
Now that Occupy Wall Street has inspired spin-off protests that literally appear to be circling the globe, it is next to impossible for our mass media to maintain the masquerade that it does not exist. Nevertheless, the consciousness industry has...
Our Global Constitution
As the debate continues over how to deal with social software where social unrest is concerned, I was struck by the following text in a report on today’s BBC News Web site: BlackBerry has offered to co-operate with police investigating the riots –...
EU / Korea Free Trade Agreement Comes Into Force
British exporters keen on investing in the Far East will be given the opportunity to grow their business on Asian soil when the European Union (EU) / Korea Free Trade Agreement comes into force today.
The Rich are Not Different
After all the bad news about defective Toyotas, which used to be the most highly-rated option for those of us interested in sensible vehicles (rather than testosterone-inducing toys), I have to confess to a bit of Schadenfreude after reading the latest...
More Euro-vision Less Euro-phobia
The economic headlines about Europe are dominated by three things in Australia: Brussels’s agricultural trade policy, the Europe debt crisis, the curse of the so-called PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain), and Australia’s ties with...
Fixing the Broken
Back when I lived on the East Coast, I would often hear a motto primarily associated with Manhattan that advised: “Dress British; think Yiddish.” Over in the People’s Republic of China, a rather interesting variation of this theme...
Globalization Set to Resume in 2010 After Temporary Blip
A report released this week by Ernst & Young in cooperation with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) highlights how globalization slowed during the financial crisis and the subsequent downturn. But as the economy recovers...
