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…
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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…
Row Over ECO Currency Reveals External Controls
The latest developments coming out of Africa further solidifies the notion that the currency tides are turning. It was only a few decades ago that the U.S. Dollar and Oil/Dollar reigned supreme, despite its lack of actual intrinsic value. It is important to note, that in 1971 when former U.S. President Richard M. Nixon un-pegged…
EdCheck: The Value of a College Education
Every year millions of youth around the world graduate from college or matriculate to an institution of higher learning. According to the NCES figures, there are close to 8000 universities and institutions of higher learning in the US, we can guess that number goes up decidedly throughout the world. However, the value of that education…
Global Goals: How a U N Overhall Can Increase the Peace and Profits
The UN Security Council held its first meeting in London in 1946, since that time the security council has taken on various responsibilities that often dictate the security measures throughout the world. What makes the Council so important, is that out of 193 member counties in the world, only five nations, China, France, Russia, the…
Is NAFTA a Roadmap for Africa’s Continental Free Trade Agreement?
The deadline to renew the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is set for the end of March; but it is currently under renegotiation, with the U.S. and Canada making some of the biggest changes. The current administration has been skeptical of NAFTA’s economic benefit; with experts also disagreeing over how effective the agreement has…
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