May has been christened Small Business Month. You’ll likely be reminded of some if the benefits of small business and entrepreneurship in the coming weeks. This week especially, April 30-May 6, 2023 is Small Business Week. It’s a great time to remember the vital role that small businesses plays in daily life, economics and societal…
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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…
Three Sales Strategies for Business and Developing Economies
Aside from the unique few or those who studied it at university–most people hate selling. Particularly direct sales. However, regardless of who you are–if you’re in business, you’re going to need to sell. Selling requires not only having a product, but presenting it in such a way that the buyer wants to buy it. As…
A Cost the World Can No Longer Afford
On the first week of a new year and a new decade, one of the largest economy in the world indirectly attacked the 26th largest economy by killing one of its most beloved generals. The Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was killed in an airstrike in Baghdad, Iraq just three days into the new year. Incidentally,…
China At 70: On Trade & Economic Autonomy
On October 1st, China will celebrate the founding of the People’s Republic of China. China has accomplished in 70 years, what the West has only been able to achieve over hundreds of years and with the help of chattel slavery, wars, colonialism and aggressive socioeconomic policy. It is mind blowing to think that China was…
Brexit: Escaping the Post Colonial Immigration Boom and the Debt Albatross
As the UK and the EU continue to seek to hammer out a deal for Brexit, the world watches as the flagellation surrounding the move intensify. In a June 2016 vote, the UK determined it would leave the EU as saw that its contributions to the union far outstripped many other nations and the looming…
Giving Good: Solution-Based Giving in the Information Age
In 2017 Charity Navigator produced a report that indicated that giving was on the rise. Over 400 billion dollars were given to charity in that year alone. However, most people are unaware that most charitable donations in the US goes toward places of worship. While such giving is admirable, perhaps funds might be better spent…
Fantasy Funding: How the Fractional Banking System Fractured
According to 2019 Federal Reserve numbers, Americans in the United States hold 1.04 trillion dollars in credit card debt. And that liability is growing coupled with Student Loan debt which has reached 1.5 trillion dollars this year. We are looking at an unprecedented time when the flaws in the fractional banking system have created fractures…
India, The Builder
The India Finance Ministry has projected growth to jump from 7.5 percent over its previously projected 7.2 percent for the 2019-2020. India has been quietly pushing industry ahead with its partnerships and its economic reforms in the early 90s according to its Finance Minister. Forbes lists India as the fastest growing economy in the world…
Here’s Why Today’s Hard Work Will Not Make You Rich
Perhaps one of the biggest myths is that hard work equals success. This is a concept strongly held in Western tradition, despite its historic and present day inaccuracies. The hidden assumption behind the hard work trope is that the “worker” will be able to enjoy the production value behind his/her own hard work. This is…
Grad Nation: 3 Tips for College Grads
In part one of our two-part series on graduation, we learned a few key things students matriculating to higher education should keep in mind during graduation. According to the National Center for education Statistic, public institutions had the highest graduation rates of public, private an for-profit institutions (accept in cases where the for-profit institution had…
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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