Archive for the 'Globalization' Category

and again, oil prices are heading up…. updated oil price chart

Friday, October 16th, 2009

How do you feel when recalling these headlines from the past few years?
Why are oil prices so high? (Tuesday, 28 September 2004, BBC NEWS)
Oil price tops $50 for first time (Tuesday, 28 September 2004, The Independent)
Oil Prices Break $50 Milestone on Supply Worries (Tuesday, September 28, 2004, The Washington Post)
Oil prices have climbed above $40 [...]

finally I’m back

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

First of all my apologies for not posting frequently during the past two months. For more than 9 weeks, I’ ve been traveling without spending a single night at home.
In mid-July I spent one week in Barcelona, Spain, before I headed to Washington D.C. and New York City for a two-week conference. During the conference [...]

“The next power rising is clearly China, and [...] this is a positive thing”

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Throughout these economically difficult times, China has more than ever been stabilizing the world economy.
In the medium term, Asia will be the growth engine of the world while it might take some time for Europe and the U.S. to regain their old strength.
This Washington Times article gives a good overview of the current global situation [...]

Crude Oil Price Chart 1998 - 2009: Facing the inevitable - oil prices are bound to rise

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

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The price of oil has a significant impact on the economic shape of the globalized world. The distance between manufacturing areas and the big consumer markets in the U.S. and in Europe has grown longer since globalization began to change the global economy, lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty [...]

Globalization & The Information Age: challenges and opportunities

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

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