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Protected: Reading Between the Lines of War and Geopolitics
Category: The economy
Can the Global Economy Weather Climate Change?
During the past couple of weeks, the world has seen such extreme weather events that I wonder if it isn’t high time, we looked at the economic consequences of climate change more seriously. The news has been full of terrible natural disasters such as floods caused by extremely high rainfall, wildfires and even if we… Continue reading Can the Global Economy Weather Climate Change?
How Market Leaders Can Sustain Growth Against New Headwinds
We have all seen many businesses scale up and grow in their early years and become market leaders. That is to say they acquire the largest market share in the industry. That continues for a few years, or perhaps even decades, until they hit some kind of roadblock. The roadblock could be of many kinds,… Continue reading How Market Leaders Can Sustain Growth Against New Headwinds
Indo-US Partnership Not Exactly Strategic
Prime Minister’s Narendra Modi’s state visit to the US last month resulted in a number of agreements between the two countries that signal a new level of cooperation and economic engagement. They are being dubbed part of an Indo-US Strategic Partnership. Ranging from sale of drones and manufacture of GE engines for Indian fighter jets… Continue reading Indo-US Partnership Not Exactly Strategic
Elevating Indian Handicrafts into our Luxury Industry
It is by now a well-worn cliché that India’s rich cultural heritage lives in her handicrafts. The skills of millions of artisans from all across our vast country go to make some of the most beautiful objects, or more accurately objét d’art. Many of these are prized, rare skills that go back several generations. A… Continue reading Elevating Indian Handicrafts into our Luxury Industry
Protected: Reading Through This Summer’s Flux
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How the Global Economy is Recovering from Post-Pandemic Effects
It’s June 2023 and the third summer after Covid lockdowns were relaxed in most parts of the world, and when economies began emerging out of the pandemic crisis. It’s also the third year, therefore, of anomalies in economic data correcting themselves, thanks to base effects both positive and negative tapering off. They haven’t entirely disappeared,… Continue reading How the Global Economy is Recovering from Post-Pandemic Effects
The State of India’s Democracy
The world’s largest democracy now actually has the world’s largest population to show for it. Over 1.4 billion people and 945 million registered voters, according to India’s Election Commission. Somehow an old Indian citizen and voter like me has been disenfranchised it seems– or so it appears to me – for why else would my… Continue reading The State of India’s Democracy
Take That, AI!
As a postscript to my last blog post which was on how generative AI is here to threaten writers - at least in the advertising and brand communications industry - I thought I’d write a short piece in favour of human intelligence. From what tech evangelists have always told us, information technology is here to… Continue reading Take That, AI!
Protected: Reading for An Uneventful Summer
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Peripatetic Perch 