At a time when the global financial crisis has brought the majority of economies around the world to their knees, Paul Collier’s The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It reminds us that for a significant portion of the world’s population, the events of the ongoing ‘Great… [Read more]
Books about the rise of China (and to a lesser degree India) are a dime a dozen these days, begging the question of why we should still pay attention to them. However, Martin Jacques’ When China Rules The World: The Rise Of The Middle Kingdom And The End Of The Western World does at least… [Read more]
Scenario planning is an essential element of risk analysis and management, and my colleagues and I at Business Monitor International constantly have to envisage potential chains of events in economies, financial markets, and the political arena. With this in mind, I thought I’d take the opportunity to comment on a book I read recently: 7… [Read more]