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

WHY THIS BLOG?

“The boundaries of the unthinkable are exceptionally elastic” (Claudio Borio, Bank for International Settlements).
20 Apr 2017

INEQUALITIES I: THE SOCIAL ELEVATOR IS OUT OF ORDER

"The current path of globalization demands a course correction, and the inequality that produces, it creates one of the greatest challenges facing our economy and our democracies. Inequality generates a deep sense of injustice." Barack Obama, farewell address in Athens.

6 Apr 2017

WORK: BURN YOUR CV!

“Permanent employment will disappear” Jeremy Rifkin "The end of work” (1995)
22 Mar 2017

TRAINING: AT ONE CLICK

"The traditional school has to evolve because it is based on a world that does not exist anymore" Mariano Fernández Enguita. Professor of Sociology.
10 Mar 2017

INDUSTRY 4.0

“The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog, and the dog will be there to keep the man from touching the computer /equipment” Warren G. Bennis
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).
22 Dec 2016

SIMMERING

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