15 main economic and social trends to know towards where we are going

22 Feb 2017

THE LAST INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION?

“The main concern is that neither governments nor civil society will be capable of mitigating the great economic inequalities that the fourth industrial revolution will create.” Klaus Schwab on “The fourth industrial revolution”.

9 Feb 2017

SHALL WE SHARE?

Government’s point of view on the economy could be summarized in a few short sentences: “if it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it and if it stops moving subsidize it”. Ronald Reagan

25 Jan 2017

WE ARE THEIR PRODUCT

“Fifteen years ago your Mum was the person in the world that knew you best, today are Facebook and Google” (Xavier Sirvent).

12 Jan 2017

SUMMONING THE DEMON (TECHNOLOGIES, Part 2)

“We will lose the battle against machines” (Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder).

4 Jan 2017

SECOND HALF OF THE CHESS BOARD (TECHNOLOGIES, Part one)

“Real progress is the one that puts Technology within everyone’s reach”. Henry Ford.

22 Dec 2016

SIMMERING

“The Paris deal puts the fossil fuel industry on the wrong side of history”. (Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace)

16 Dec 2016

PENSION’s FRAUD

“Pensions: another Ponzi scheme”. From the newspapers.

9 Dec 2016

POPULATION AGEING

"Spain will be in 2050 the second country in the world with the largest aging population, just behind Japan and together with South Korea".

23 Nov 2016

EMERGING vs “SUBMERGED” COUNTRIES

“It is only when the tide goes out that you learn who has been swimming naked”, Warren Buffet, with regard to the recent recession affecting many of the emerging countries.

23 Nov 2016

NATURAL RESOURCES

“FAO insists that present generation can eradicate the famine” (La Vanguardia 14-10-2015)