A decade after the global financial crisis: What has (and hasn’t) changed?
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Every man for himself
In the face of looming deflation in the developed world, it seems that economic policies are diverging all the more. When the financial crisis broke in 2007-08, most banks eased monetary policy significantly, but the trend changed in late October when the Bank of Japan, for one, stepped up its bond-buying. According to the Economist, this…
Reserve Currencies: Climbing Greenback Mountain
According to many forecasters, China is moving towards making the yuan a fully fledged reserve currency so as to rival the dollar and the euro. China’s policymakers are still undecided on the matter, however – as they often are with regard to freeing finance. On the one hand, restricting the flow of money into and…
Computer Processors: Intel left outside
As technology consumers, we’ve grown used to our computers processors doubling in power every few years. These predictable increases have contributed the ever-improving increase in performance and decrease in prices of our beloved computers. Back in 1965, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore noticed that the number of transistors capable of being crammed on a sliver of…
What is supply chain inflation and why is it driving up consumer prices now?
The interconnectedness of global supply chains means that when one price goes up, others tend to follow. Increases in labour, energy and transport costs are contributing to inflation around the world, posing difficult policy challenges. Back when we could travel easily, a regular announcement at airports all over the world was: ‘The airline would like…
State of Readiness | Larry Long Jr; Author of JOLT!
Give a listen… My guest today is Larry Long Jr Larry Long Jr is the Founder and CEO of LLJR Enterprises, which focuses on sales motivation, inspiration, training & coaching. He is the host of the ‘Midweek Midday Motivational Minute’ and Author of JOLT! (*released May 19th). As a former college athlete (Go Terps! He…
ERP Selection Survival Kit
Who serves who? Does Technology serve the people – or do the people serve technology? I started my business during the “Golden Age of Technology” back in 1985. This was a time when the power of computing was being brought to the individual level; a time of personal computers (starting with the Apple-II and IBM-PC)…
