It is not easy to predict where financial stresses that require alleviation by the IMF will emerge next, or what form the mitigation strategies will take.…
Europe• General
Over the past few years, much of the world has experienced a collective loss of technological innocence that is as jarring as its initial embrace of…
People concerned about privacy often try to be “careful” online. They stay off social media, or if they are on it, they post cautiously. They don’t…
What is the fastest growing part of the American economy today? The answer is the gathering, analyzing and selling of our digital data. The extraction of…
Just imagine …- as we know, there are known knowns – there are things we know we know – we also know there are known unknowns…
General
The Power of the Digital Revolution should be regulated in new ways as the Tech Giants are not your friends
April 2019There is an abiding dream in the tech world that when all the planet’s people and data are connected it will be a better place. That…
Corporate concentration has been growing in the US. According to the McKinsey Global Institute, profits and losses among both US and European companies are more concentrated…
General• Technology
Realizing more and more that the 4th Industrial Revolution gains momentum my word of the year for 2019 is – Deep –
March 2019I am already ready to declare the word of the year for 2019 in connection with the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR). The word is “deep”. But…
General• Technology
Happy Birthday – Let’s reflect on the 30 years existence of the World Wide Web
March 2019The year 1989 is often remembered for events that challenged the Cold War world order, from the protests in Tiananmen Square to the fall of the…
General
Quantitative Easing (QE) exacerbates social divides and for start-ups, it acts as a distortion to the business cycle
February 2019Investors have long taken comfort from the hope that, should economic conditions deteriorate, central banks will ride the rescue with more bond-buying. It might ultimately prove…