In a global economy that has become more reliant on countries whose economies are vulnerable to political shocks, emerging markets are our new economic fulcrums.
Ian Bremmer: Emerging, maturing, protesting markets
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Monthly Archives: June 2013
Eroding soils darkening our future
Soil erosion and land degradation issues are local, but their effect on food security is global.
Shifting geopolitics of East Africa’s nascent energy boom
A proposed new pipeline between South Sudan and Kenya could realign energy geo-politics in East Africa even more than the logistics of the region’s oil exports.
Obama, Africa and the BRICS
U.S. President Barack Obama needs to outline an alternative to state-led aid and development for Africa during his three-nation visit.
Will Mexico’s middle class follow Brazil’s?
In Latin America, Mexico is a likely candidate to challenge its ruling elite, though the 59.1% of its citizens that still belong to the lower class would also play a part in it.
Gold dinged in one chart
Gold bugs have never seen anything like the recent precipitous drop in the precious metal’s price, and fear it could go lower still.
Your brand anywhere
Advertisers are desperate to make a splash. City governments are desperate for cash. A marriage made on Madison Avenue?
Brazil’s economic problems, according to the protesters
Beyond slow growth and rising costs of living, they are furious about poor public services, police corruption and the money being poured into new stadiums.
David Rohde: The global middle class awakens
From Turkey to Brazil to Iran the global middle class are demanding accountable governments and a fairer share of economic resources.
Mediobanca ventures beyond its salotto buono
The figurative salon was where an elite clique of bankers, industrialists, politicians and families that dominated Italian political and economic life in the second half of the 20th century gathered.
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