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Category Archives: Social
Drivers of change
Chris Luebkeman, Director of Global Innovation and Foresight at Arup, talks about some of the key drivers of change in our world: Key drivers of change that he mentions, to varying levels of detail, include: Congestion Genetic screening Sea level … Continue reading
Snapshot of today
The US Federal Reserve has cut its growth forecast for 2012 from 3.5% to 2.7%, and is still predicting low inflation, but has not reduced interest rates. People who bet that market volatility would reduce after the eurozone agreement have … Continue reading
Strike lifts copper price
Strikes at mines in Indonesia and Peru have led to the price of copper for three month delivery on the London Metal Exchange rising more than one percent. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/91ced962-f8a6-11e0-ad8f-00144feab49a.html
US debate on rich/poor divide continues
Temporary measures to raise States’ top levels of income tax, introduced in response to the recession, are expiring. But support for extending them is widespread, even among some high earners. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e80d6b60-f6a1-11e0-9381-00144feab49a.html
Dividends of FTSE 100 rise dramatically
How can it be that, at a time when the economy is struggling, economic forecasts are gloomy, the government is cutting back its spending significantly, “shareholders in UK companies enjoyed strong growth in dividends”? Growth in commodity prices helped mining … Continue reading
World grain output grows
Although US grain production was hit by bad weather, global production of wheat, rice and corn have risen on the back of higher market prices — by around 10%-40% in the past 11 years. Russia is still imposing an export … Continue reading
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Even billionaires can struggle
It is not only low income families who are struggling at the moment — billionaires have their problems too. The Bakrie family in Indonesia has a track record of buying companies, mortgaging them and using the new capital to buy … Continue reading
Of the 1%, by the 1%, for…
While protesters Occupy Wall Street for the third week it is interesting to stumble across an article in Vanity Fair (written in May this year) that says almost exactly the same things. The top 1% of Americans earn almost 25% of the national income … Continue reading
Obama’s priorities
President Obama chose to focus on three priorities in a press conference yesterday. He cited the credit crisis in Europe as “the biggest headwind” holding back the US economy. And he criticised Wall Street for banks’ fees, saying that the … Continue reading
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