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A Future without Precedent
Shimon Peres
In today’s global economy, innovators, not politicians, wield the most influence. As a result – and as we see in protests everywhere – the world is in the hands of a younger generation, more technologically savvy than their parents and connected to one another through social networks that are not confined by territory, language, government, or the past.
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The Europe of the Future
Jean-Claude Trichet Series: 2011 Year End Series 2011-12-27Whenever people seek a justification for European integration, they are always tempted to look backwards. But there are as many reasons to strive towards “ever closer union” in Europe today as there were back in 1945, and they are entirely forward-looking.... read Comments: 3 Recommended: 0 Read: 4518
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Taking Faith Seriously
Tony Blair Series: 2011 Year End Series 2011-12-23A fundamental weakness of Western foreign policy is the assumption that political solutions alone provide a sensible path to the future. They don’t: those who feel that their faith compels them to act in a way destructive of mutual respect must be persuaded that this is a wrong reading of their faith.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 2559
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The Citizen Bank
Bob Diamond Series: 2011 Year End Series 2011-12-19The single most important thing for banks and other businesses to focus on in 2012 is economic growth and job creation. But, to play their role, banks need to rebuild the trust that has been decimated by the events of the past three years.... read Comments: 2 Recommended: 0 Read: 2073
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The Economic Imperatives of the Arab Spring
Kemal Derviş Series: 2011 Year End Series 2011-12-19While the yearning for dignity, freedom of expression, and real democratic participation was the driving force underlying the Arab revolutions of 2011, economic discontent played a vital role, and economic factors will help to determine how the transition in the Arab world unfolds. Three fundamental and longer-term challenges are worth bearing in mind.... read Comments: 1 Recommended: 0 Read: 2719
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Asian Women on Top
Vishakha N. Desai Series: 2011 Year End Series 2011-12-19Asia still has women leaders who came to power at least partly because of their family ties. But 2011 witnessed a major change: these leaders now seem to use their positions with far more confidence putting women and their concerns squarely at the center of their agendas.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 2112
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Occupy the Government
Esther Dyson Series: 2011 Year End Series 2011-12-19Too much of the talk nowadays about how social media have affected politics and the quest for greater democracy focuses on awareness: People adopt social media, discover they are not alone, start to protest, and eventually their “Facebook revolution” overwhelms those in power. But, even if such a revolution succeeds, that is only the beginning.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 1806
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Russia’s Bo-Toxic President Returns
Nina L. Khrushcheva Series: 2011 Year End Series 2011-12-19Vladimir Putin plans to return to the Russian presidency in March 2012, but his extravagant vanity has radically damaged the strongman image that he spent the last 12 years building. Indeed, Russians heckle Putin not because he has turned Russia into an industrial banana republic, but because he no longer inhabits his role convincingly.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 1600
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Reinvigorate the Rich to Help the Poor
Christine Lagarde Series: 2011 Year End Series 2011-12-19Ultimately, the best way that the international community can help the low-income countries is for the advanced economies to get their houses in order and restore strong and sustainable global growth. That will help to ensure that low-income countries can consolidate and extend the impressive achievements of the last decade.... read Comments: 2 Recommended: 0 Read: 2361
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Industrialization’s Second Golden Age
Justin Yifu Lin Series: 2011 Year End Series 2011-12-19Unless developed countries stop relying on financial deal-making and reinvest in the real sector, they will lose their current standard of living. To prevent this from happening, the global priority must shift from the eurozone and sovereign-debt crises to structural transformation in the developing world.... read Comments: 4 Recommended: 0 Read: 1920
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Regulation Revisited
George Soros
Series: 2008 Year End Series
NEW YORK – We are in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the 1930’s. The salient feature of the crisis is that it was not caused by some external shock like OPEC raising the price of oil. It was generated by the financial system itself.
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