Germany: Has the economic clout and skilled workforce to help the West become less dependent on Chinese supply chains.
Germany has the economic clout and skilled workforce to help the West become less dependent on Chinese supply chains.
Taxation: Societies need to impose temporary tax surcharges to fund Coronavirus spending. Call them patriotic taxes.
Societies need to impose temporary tax surcharges to fund Coronavirus spending. Call them patriotic taxes.
Small Business: 15% of small firms could disappear as a result of the coronavirus. But they will all be replaced by new ventures.
15% of small firms could disappear as a result of the coronavirus. But they will all be replaced by new ventures.
The USA: The USA is in decline and China is in ascendancy.
The USA is in decline and China is in ascendancy. Covid-19 is a global killer and the US, which was half the world economy after WW2, has lost the pandemic war.
Sweden and Bioenergy: Energy from wood chips. In Sweden it is bigger than hydro and nuclear. The secret is taxing fossil fuels.
Energy from wood chips. In Sweden it is bigger than hydro and nuclear. The secret is taxing fossil fuels.
The Amazon Rainforest: The world’s largest rainforest and largest river. Providing 20% of the world’s oxygen. Under attack.
The world’s largest rainforest and largest river. Providing 20% of the world’s oxygen. Under attack from natural and unnatural forest fires, illegal logging and deforestation.