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10 most innovative cities in the world
The Innovation Cities program measures the potential of 445 cities around the world as innovation economies. The classification is based on 162 city indicators; apart from giving bragging rights, the rankings (and the analysis that accompanies them) are a useful … Continue reading
The world’s largest economy in 2025?
China is all set to become the world’s largest economy, right? Maybe not. An emerging view would have us believe that China may not become the world’s largest economy after all, not in 2025 and not even in this century. … Continue reading
New strategy for reviving economic growth: sleep less
An intriguing new hypothesis suggests that economic growth has stalled because game-changing innovation is no longer happening. Electricity, the telephone, indoor plumbing etc. were game changing in their impact on societies and economic activity; Twitter and Facebook and the iPhone … Continue reading
Dubai’s population set to double. What does this mean?
According to a BOFA Merrill Lynch report Dubai’s population is set to double in the next decade or so. What does this mean for the investors who had a rough time in Dubai’s real estate bubble? The report confirms the … Continue reading
“5-day work week not good for economy”
I was with my friend Mr. Lee, who works for a Korean multinational, and we were in the midst of our quarterly drinking session. Mr. Lee is a 60 something senior executive, he’s worked with only one company all his … Continue reading
