Business
Geopolitics of Technology and the Hydrocarbon Status Quo
The unrest in the Arab world, which has continued for over a year now, implies one important conclusion beyond any ongoing regional struggle for...
Trump vs. The Robots: US jobs and Promises
Among political observers, there is a widespread notion that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will inherit an economy in the best of shape. Inflation is...
The policy of artificial scarcity of currency
Herodotus tells us that it was Croesus, King of Lydia, the land from which, according to Livy, the Etruscans came, who invented the minting...
Rebuttal to the Washington Post: The True Economic State
Whether one agrees with Donald Trump’s economic policies or not, the state of economy he will inherit needs to be clarified. A recent article...
The Potential Role of Behavioural Economics for the 2017 German G-20 Presidency
The Federal Republic of Germany assumed last December the 2017 presidency of the G-20, after China held the 2016 presidency since December 2015. Proposed...
Lessons from the Particular Trade Relationship between Canada and the US
Canada is the US’ 1st trading partner (US Department of Commerce, 2015). In fact, US export and import values to/from Canada was $242 and...
Interview: Russia’s business and investment opportunities in Africa
With new trends and directions in global business, African countries have to look to the Eurasian region as a huge market for exports as...
Saving Under Trump’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
W hile the intelligence of the average American to vote for Trump and have him elected as the head of the country...
Move and Counter-move
T he world has always been an inquisitive olio of kaleidoscopic diplomacy. After the World War-1 we saw how nations toggled between...
Spurred by patent and trademark applications in China, global innovation flies high
G lobal innovation is soaring as the 2015 edition of a United Nations agency on intellectual property report reveals that 2.9 million patent...