Economics

China vs. the U.S.: Competing Visions

            China and the U.S. provide quite different visions of how to serve their citizens and how to help the rest of the world.               China is an authoritarian state run by one political party, China’s Communist Party (CCP). China spends most of its energy in producing Chinese goods, jobs and skilled workers.  It […]

 

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Utopia or Oblivion?

  “Whether it is to be Utopia or Oblivion will be a touch-and-go relay race right up to the final moment… Humanity is in a final exam as to whether or not it qualifies for continuance in the Universe.” – R. Buckminster Fuller, Utopia or Oblivion                     Fuller wrote this back in 1969, an […]

 

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Utopia or Oblivion?

“Whether it is to be Utopia or Oblivion will be a touch-and-go relay race right up to the final moment… Humanity is in a final exam as to whether or not it qualifies for continuance in the Universe.” – R. Buckminster Fuller, Utopia or Oblivion       Fuller wrote this back in 1969, an incredibly […]

 

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Is America Ready for Nordic Capitalism?

  Most countries in the world run a Capitalist economy.  Yet the form that Capitalism takes in different countries varies greatly.  There are many differences between American Capitalism, Swedish Capitalism, Japanese Capitalism, and Chinese Capitalism. Every Capitalist economy has its own set of problems.  One needs to list the problems that keep that country’s citizens […]

 

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A Depression / A Beginning

The near-term future is catastrophic and depressing. The longer term is potentially transformative and uplifting… if we fully understand the possibilities and needs of this decade. As a futurist, I pride myself on the accuracy of my forecasts. When they have not been pinpoint accurate, they are usually directionally correct. That is my intention here, […]

 

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