I have had the pleasure of meeting professor Tyler Cowen a few times and always left my meetings … „How Technology Could Help Fight Income Inequality“ weiterlesen

Loic Lemeur asked Jeff Clavier and me to react to Arnaud Montebourg’s presentation at LeWeb and ask him … „LeWeb 2013 Interview of Arnaud Montebourg“ weiterlesen

Over the course of the last few years I resolved the cognitive dissonance between my short term pessimism … „No Limits to Growth“ weiterlesen

Dominic Barton, the managing director of McKinsey, recently gave an insightful speech at Stanford Business School. I encourage … „Great speech on the five trends reshaping the global economy“ weiterlesen

In den letzten Jahren war der Ökonom in mir zutiefst pessimistisch, was das kurz- und mittelfristige wirtschaftliche Schicksal … „Die Wirtschaft: Ein optimistisches Gedankenexperiment“ weiterlesen

A few months ago, I started writing an analysis of our global economic situation that I wanted to … „Is the Euro zone crisis by design?“ weiterlesen

I just came across this very well thought through article on everything that could go wrong for the … „Must read article on America’s 21st century collapse!“ weiterlesen

My good friend Auren Hoffman posited that existing nation states would benefit from a little bit of creative … „The Ultimate Startup: Creating a New Country“ weiterlesen

Over the last two weeks I had the pleasure of attending the eG8 Summit in Paris at the … „Cameron Rules, Sarkozy Sucks!“ weiterlesen

I recently wrote how the world is less globalized than we suspect it is and how we now … „Why India is behind China!“ weiterlesen

  As I was reading The Upside of Irrationality, Dan Ariely’s sequel to the brilliant Predictably Irrational, I … „How to minimize human misery in recessions or the macroeconomic implications to hedonic adaptation“ weiterlesen

I was shocked that the statistics I came across in a recent article in The Economist which presented … „Globalization is more fragile and less entrenched than you think!“ weiterlesen

I wanted to share with you something that has been on my mind lately as I have been … „Summit Series Speech: The Pessimistic Optimist“ weiterlesen

I argued in a prior post that the best way to deal with a deflating bubble was not … „Mortgage modifications have done more harm than good“ weiterlesen

Over the past few years I have often felt like Cassandra with my dire and pessimistic economic predictions. … „Cognitive dissonance be damned: I am a pessimistic optimist!“ weiterlesen