No matter what standard one might use to measure the extent of the current financial crisis, all the results confirm what the average consumer has known for a long time -- we are in hard times and they are getting more difficult. An article in The Economist insists that "the integration of the ...

State capitalism is defined as an economic system that is primarily capitalistic but in which there is some degree of government ownership of the means of production. With the huge stimulus packages being passed by Congress, the topic of state capitalism has made surprising inroads into the news -- ...

Anyone who keeps up with current affairs knows that the print media is having a very difficult time. The Rocky Mountain News has closed its doors and Philadelphia newspapers have filed for bankruptcy protection. Even before the current the economic downturn, newspapers were having financial woes -- ...

I have written a number of posts dealing with the current financial situation and in those posts I have stressed the central role of job creation in getting the world's economy on the road to recovery. I have also asserted that helping entrepreneurs with innovative ideas and a sound business pla...

The Economist, in a recent International section article, asserted that "in almost any discussion of world affairs, there is one thing on which doves and hawks invariably agree: much more needs to be done to shore up states that are failing, in a state of collapse, or so poor that they are head...

Change is in the air. That's nothing new, of course. Change is always in the air. But a lot people believe that when it comes to generating electrical power fundamental changes will arrive more like a blast of arctic wind than a soft summer breeze. The current recession, coupled with promises ma...

The Obama administration has found itself caught in its first dilemma concerning the Muslim world. While Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was touring the globe and touting an era of new and closer relationships with the Muslim community, the Pakistani government announced that it had basically ced...

Although this is a corporate blog, security is one of the topics about which I frequently write. The reason I do so is not because I lay claim to be a security expert but, as a businessman, I understand that a good business environment is also a stable and secure environment. My Development-in-a-Box...

China really didn't receive much attention during the U.S. presidential transition until Obama's pick for Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, accused China of "manipulating" its currency. Pundits fear that Geithner's remarks could be the first shot in a trade war between the ...

In a recent post, I discussed the travails of Muslim girls who are trying to obtain an education in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan [Schoolgirls in Afghanistan]. In that post, I reported how members of the Taliban have done all they could to stop girls from getting an education -- everything from ...