Ending poverty: What should we learn and not learn from China?

Author Yuen Yuen Ang Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan Lminaries and experts convened last month in Washington, […]

By MarketAngel | 26 Feb 17 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Countries With the Most Slaves

By Alexander E.M. Hess and Thomas C. Frohlich While many believe slavery is an issue of the past, it remains a real, yet […]

By Aidualc | 08 Jan 15 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

2014 EMERGING AND FRONTIER MARKETS – Assessing risk and opportunity

Cushman & Wakefield has evaluated the risks of acquiring office space in the most sought after emerging and frontier  markets. […]

By Aidualc | 14 Oct 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Real Estate, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

How Venezuelan Used ‘Scrape’ to Make Six Times Her Salary

Venezuela’s currency controls are turning trips abroad into profitable junkets. A 27-year-old trade analyst from Caracas said she earned six […]

By Aidualc | 11 Sep 13 | Posted in Latin America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

2013 Prognosis

The following are my thoughts about things that might happen in 2013. This (Link) takes you to a discussion of […]

By Aidualc | 21 Jan 13 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Heirs of Mao’s Comrades Rise as New Capitalist Nobility

Lying in a Beijing military hospital in 1990, General Wang Zhen told a visitor he felt betrayed. Decades after he […]

By MarketAngel | 18 Jan 13 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

2008 Was A Practice Run Compared To What Comes Next

2008 was a practice run, or a warning shot across the bow, compared to what is coming over the next […]

By Aidualc | 15 Jun 12 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Nigerian Banks Winning Mobius With Asia-Like Growth in Africa

By Renee Bonorchis and Nasreen Seria, Bloomberg, Twenty-four miles northwest of Accra in Ghana, Anthony Botchway rips a pineapple plant […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 May 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Secrecy conference: In countries like Romania and Cambodia, illegal leaks can be transparency’s only hope

By Michael Morisy While, in the United States, WikiLeaks has caused a furor for its journalism-by-data-dump, similar leaks abroad are […]

By Aidualc | 10 Mar 11 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

It’s The Corruption, Stupid

It’s The Corruption, Stupid Susan Richards 02.26.11, 11:50 AM ET While money is fleeing Egypt and the Middle East, the […]

By Oracle | 27 Feb 11 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, The Big Picture | Comments (0)