Riaz Gardee attended Thomas Piketty’s lecture in Soweto, he warmed to much of what the rock star economist had to say. But once we get past emotion and self-righteousness, the crux of all this is whether resources are best applied in the common good by those who accumulate them, or by those who would requisition those assets through taxes and levies.
Shawn Hagedorn reminds us that looking straight at the issue of income inequality will not garner solutions. Rather, it impedes us focusing on the solution.
The resulting insights, gathered with the help of the Survey on the Global Agenda, ultimately generate the Top 10 trends – a forecast of the key social, economic and political issues that reside on our collective horizon.
It’s hard to know what Henry Ford would make of the World Economic Forum, the annual gathering of the Capital Class in Davos. Certainly not the Audis.
Debate is good. More so when it’s based on facts rather than narrative. In this excellent blog, advocate and labour lawyer Frans Rautenbach relies heavily on facts, providing plenty of links to his highly credible sources. Â The only people who still believe Nationalisation can work are those who have never bothered to check its record. … Read more