2024 happens to be an epic year of elections around the world. It is said that more than half the world will be electing their governments this year. If there is one thing they have brought into sharp focus once again, it is how divided we are as a people. This is not a new… Continue reading Extreme Divisions Fracturing Our World
The idea for this article was triggered by posts I have been seeing on LinkedIn about creative strategy. In these posts, they invite “expert answers” from industry professionals on various aspects of creative strategy. It is amazing that many people in the advertising, brand communications and marketing industries seem to think that it is a… Continue reading What is Creative Strategy?
Not only are we past halfway through 2024, we are still digesting the full Union Budget for FY 25 post the Indian parliamentary elections held a few months ago when the NDA government has begun its third term, albeit as a coalition government this time around. We are also in the midst of the corporate… Continue reading Supercharging the Indian Economy
Since we are in Euro UEFA season, the metaphor is hard to resist. Especially as France reportedly made it to the round of 8 without scoring a single proper goal in this entire championship, but was helped by own goals and penalties. Since the country is also in the midst of snap elections called by… Continue reading Is Macron’s Gamble an Own Goal for the Far-Right?
While many countries such as India and others in the West as well as Iran have been busy with elections, about some of which I have been writing recently on my blog, one little event in Asia went rather unnoticed. Actually, make that two. The World Economic Forum which hosts its annual regional summit in… Continue reading SCO’s Relevance for India and the World
In a recent blog post of mine I had written about the US and its western allies’ allegations of China dumping its cheaper EVs, EV batteries, semiconductors, solar panels and the like on their markets. They have raised tariffs on Chinese EVs from 25% to 100% in the US and to 38% in the EU… Continue reading How China Can Overcome its Overcapacity Problems
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The recently concluded G7 Summit in Italy – all the various stages of it – seems to be an acceptance of the group’s waning influence and relevance in today’s world. From reading and hearing news reports of the summit, I got the sense that with weakening economies, and plenty of political problems in each of… Continue reading G7’s Waning Influence and Relevance
With large parts of the world going to elections this year, it’s worth looking at some of the political shifts that could signal changes in economic policy as well. India has just concluded a mammoth 7-phase election and I have written about its implications for the Indian economy in my previous blog post. Parliamentary elections… Continue reading What EU and UK Elections Could Mean for Their Economies
Now that the first quarter of the calendar year 2024 has ended, it’s worthwhile trying to gauge the state of the global economic recovery from what the corporate earnings seem to be indicating so far. Of course, the March quarter happens to be the last quarter of our fiscal year in India, and we are… Continue reading What Global Inc Is Telling Us About the Economy
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