Sam’s always predicting gloom and doom for the US economy (often while mysteriously touting that of Israel). So, I thought I’d share STRATFOR’S TOP PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEXT DECADE: China Collapse, Global Labor Shortages, New American Dominance. Indeed, the US does face some real issues (not actually mentioned by Business Insider’s overview), but this is […]
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Stratfor’s Top Predictions for the “2010s”
February 24th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Business, China, Economics, Europe, Finance, Globalization, Russia
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Too Many Men
February 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Business, China, Culture, Dating, Economics, Education, Feminism, Politics, Religion, Sex, The Middle East, War
Michael J. Totten watches this YouTube video and makes an important point: I don’t know much about demography, but Martin Kramer makes a strong case in just a few short minutes for the idea that a surplus of military-aged males is a big part of the Middle East’s problem right now and that it […]
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Japanese Culture
December 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Business, China, Civil Liberties, Conservative Pundits, Culture, Dating, Economics, Entertainment, Europe, Feminism, Health, Japan, Law, Media, Politics, Sex, Technology, War
RISHON LEZION, Israel — Roger Cohen makes some depressing observations on the land of the rising setting sun: …I’m not aware of any other nation where fantasy, escapism and the cyber world have fused with such intensity. Indeed, there’s a Japanese word, otaku, denoting a whole universe of monomaniacal geek-like obsession, whether with an electronic […]
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The Economic Future
November 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Britain, Business, China, Civil Liberties, Conservative Pundits, Culture, Economics, Egypt, Finance, Law, Liberal Pundits, Politics
Every American should watch this thirty-minute, non-partisan documentary on the financial apocalypse towards which the United States is heading. Related: Why My Generation is Pissed Off and The Upcoming Generational War Tags: business insurance, business credit cards, small business insurance, business voip, small business credit card, business banking, business continuity, business phone service, business […]
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Leading, Lagging Indicators
September 5th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Business, China, Economics, Europe, India, Israel, Politics, The Middle East
The U.S. unemployment rate has inched closer to ten percent, but as one analyst notes, there are signs that the worst might be over soon: The continued moderation in the pace of job losses does offer some encouragement on the state of the U.S. labor market. Nevertheless, with the soft economic backdrop, we are likely […]
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A New Dark Age?
May 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Boston, Business, China, Civil Liberties, Culture, Europe, Globalization, Israel, Journalism, Marketing, Politics, Religion, Russia, The Middle East, War, War on Terror
RISHON LEZION, Israel — Parag Khanna predicts a return to a “neomedieval” world in the near future: Many see the global economic crisis as proof that we live in one world. But as countries stumble to right the wrongs of the corporate masters of the universe, they are driving us right back to a future […]
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Geography is Destiny
May 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Britain, China, Culture, Economics, Energy, Environment, Europe, Globalization, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Oil, Palestine, Politics, Russia, War
Robert Kaplan, writing in Foreign Policy, writes that geography has always laid the foundations for conflict throughout the world in the past and present. The article is your assigned reading for today… Continue reading
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And Now, China
May 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, China, Economics, Finance, Politics
China might come out of the financial meltdown as the world’s number-one economic power. See here. Continue reading
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