Autumn Statement: What can we expect? Noreena Hertz- ITV Economics Editor tells us…
Chancellor Philip Hammond will deliver the Autumn Statement on Wednesday. What do we know so far? Pre-empting the Autumn Statement is an exercise in playing detective, in clue-gathering and piecing together a narrative. Any prediction is bound to be incomplete – but here are some thoughts at least on what I believe the broad brushstrokes […]
Now the shock of the US election verdict has subsided and reality sets in – I thought it appropriate to re-post Thomas Wright’s article for Politico Magazine which was originality published in January 20, 2016 and was highly controversial. Today I think it will be received in a different light.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The 2016 US presidential election is the most consequential election for international order since the Second World War. America’s status as a liberal superpower is on the ballot. To understand Donald Trump’s foreign policy, we must distinguish between his three core beliefs that he has held for many decades and rarely if ever […]
America has voted – Trump is President Elect – but at what cost to international order?
Trump’s New World Disorder by Philippe Legrain – Project Syndicate LONDON So much for the end of history. Twenty-seven years to the day after the fall of the Berlin Wall heralded the collapse of communism in Europe, Donald Trump’s election as US president endangers the liberal international order that his wiser, broader-minded predecessors crafted. Trump’s […]
If Trump succeeds – what cost will it be to the Global Economy? Noreena Hertz gives us her expert opinion on it ….
NOREENA HERTZ: Start praying – we face an economic earthquake if Donald Trump becomes President – Published on November 8, 2016 The Daily Mail. There are many reasons why people might be concerned about a Donald Trump victory – from his attitude to women to his endorsement last week by the Ku Klux Klan. But […]
Harold James, Professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University – on why Britain’s history explains it’s present Brexit dilemma.
Tragic legacy of Britain’s indecision over identity October 26, 2016 –by: Harold James The FT Laurence Olivier’s 1948 Hamlet starts with a non-Shakespearean interpolation by the director, presenting “the tragedy of a man who could not make up his mind”. Brexit is the tragedy of a Britain that could not make up its mind about […]
ARE YOU A ROLE MODEL?
We all strive to be the best we can be – but how can we actually be an inspiration to others? Our Leadership expert John Mattone tells us how… Are you a Role Model? – John Mattone At its simplest, a role model is a person others look up to as someone they want to […]
The “wait and see” attitude on the economic impact of Brexit on Ireland has finally come home to roost – Dan O’Brien explains why ….
Five of Ireland’s 60 mushroom farms have so far gone out of business since the [Brexit] referendum, including two this week”. So reported Reuters last Friday. The mushroom industry, which employs 3,500 people in Ireland, sells four fifths of its produce to our nearest neighbour. It is, in many ways, the Irish canary in the […]
Our Brexit expert Philippe Legrain, succinctly spells out it’s trade implications and more …
Mayday in the UK by Philippe Legrain – Project Syndicate October 11th 2016. LONDON – Conservative Brexiteers – who campaigned for the United Kingdom to vote to leave the European Union – continue to blather about building an open, outward-looking, free-trading Britain. But the UK is in fact turning inward. Prime Minister Theresa May, who […]
The 2016 US Elections are one of the most controversial ever … Thomas Wright our Trump Expert explains his foreign policy …
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The 2016 US presidential election is the most consequential election for international order since the Second World War. America’s status as a liberal superpower is on the ballot. To understand Donald Trump’s foreign policy, we must distinguish between his three core beliefs that he has held for many decades and rarely if ever […]
Harvard Historian Niall Ferguson shares his insights on the US elections and it’s candidates ….
Simplifiers v. Complicators Opinion – Boston Globe – Niall Ferguson October 03, 2016 In a memorable phrase, the great historian Jacob Burckhardt warned against “terribles simplificateurs.” But there are also such things as terrible complicators. Last Monday night we saw the first of three showdowns between a terrible complicator — Hillary Clinton — and a terrible simplifier — […]
Brilliant economist and speaker Liam Halligan shares his insights on what three possible Brexit outcomes are possible in the future.
‘Hard Brexit’ is the best way to fight global protectionism” – Liam Halligan, The Telegraph, 1st October, 2016 International commerce is stalling. The growth in worldwide exports of goods and services is this year set to fall below the expansion of global GDP for the first time in 15 years. That’s because myopic politicians, ignoring […]