The greatest challenges in the coming weeks and years will be alliances of pertinent strength. It is perhaps the greatest underlying factor contributing to recent agitation. It was formerly believed by the framers of the old order that many developing economies would be forever developing and never able to penetrate the glass ceiling of national…
Author: Media For a Changing World
Finding the Fit: Framing Treaties & Agreements to Fit Socioeconomic Realities
A new pursuit in world treaties must be reviewed as major players vassilate or vacate influential posts. Many developing economies have not devoted enough time and energy toward creating a better internal nation. Many have been overwhelmed with trying to fit within governance frameworks that don’t fit their culture or worldview and fruitlessly defending that…
Staking A New Claim: World Institutions
As we explore the possible new systems and mechanisms available to advance the new world; it’s important to remember the world has ordered itself many times. Often this ordering signals the changing of an old guard for a newer more efficient system. This change must occur as surely as any other and history teaches us…
International Buffer Zones: Exploring Dual Financial Systems
Two men walk into a bank. One leaves with a neat paper envelop with 10 bills while another leaves his bank with a gigantic brown paper sack of bills cuffed under his arm. They both took out the same value equivalent. The difference is that the FOREX decided whose money is worth more. A definitive…
Financing The Way Forward: Ideas Advancing the Future of Human Endeavor
For the second time the world is put on the brink of financial collapse due to the dealings of a few nations. It seems the same characters were involved once again in almost single-handely sinking the entire world economy through duplicitous banking sector practices; selling dubious financial instruments and bad debt as AAA+ rated financial…
The Brave New Word Is Here
While some nations are busy wielding their collective economic power to coerce, the overlooked hard facts of the material world have emerged. The fact that power is concentrated in energy resources, food production and human innovation; and underscored by the ability to defend those resources from pirate economies has come to the fore. The new…
Engineering Human Development for Economy-Specific Outcomes
For many students around the world the common summer months often indicate a temporary cessation of classes until September. For many it means graduation and membership into the national labor force. However, that number varies greatly from country to country and often denotes different expectations for their contributions toward business. In 2019, according to the…
The Evolution of Fintech in The Era of Natural Resource Titans
As more and more people begin to acclimate to pseudo block chain currencies and more governments adopt them–the dominance of both banks and Visa/MasterCard as major payment processing platforms will recede. In 2021 Visa’s net revenue was 7.1 billion dollars according to a Barron’s financial report; while MasterCard nabbed more than 18.8 billion. New tech…
To Buy Or Not To Buy: A Changing Worldwide Consumer Psychology
By 1933, the great depression was well underway and the corner had already turned on the Roaring Twenties. Currently the US and the world is on the cusp of what might be the greatest corrections in modern times with mass inflation, pandemic policies that killed capitalism, a Russia/Ukraine clash and the major weaponization of what…
Five African Proverbs for Balance
It’s that time of year again when we explore the ancient sage of Africa to find inspiration for business, life and work. This series aims to be helpful on many levels, so this year we are focusing on proverbs that help us tap into good self-worth and self-love for a more balanced 2022! So let’s…
The Covid-19 Debt Trap
In 2019 Covid was already on the move in China. People in other cities around the world however, were more focused on the unfolding US/China Trade War roiling major industries and markets. By this time, their was political showmanship internally in America, underscored by growing domestic divisions. But then came Covid-19: SARS-COV-2, a new coronavirus…
Evolving A Market: Support What Supports You!
It has been a long time since I’ve posted. But rest assured, I am working on the updates. Good things take time, and I am OK with crafting the vision I see. But I want you to be part of that vision. That is why I want to keep you guys posted until rollout. And…