Please join me as I explore the surprises coming with Climate Change, the Pandemic and the War in Ukraine from a background of studying development in 40 nations.
An exciting but dangerous nation. Samba music and high crime rates. 6.3 children per female 60 years ago and 1.7 today. Massive immigration from Portugal, Spain, Germany and Italy in the past. 213.4 million people today and growing by 1.5 million per year. But then into decline after 2050 with a population of only 164 million by 2100.
Women leaders better at handling the pandemic. US unravelling as a society and as a global leader. Technology and pandemic making working and eating at home a permanent reality.
Recycling old batteries for raw materials like Lithium, Nickel and Cobalt is the secret to bringing down the costs of batteries for Electric Vehicles.
The American political system is run by money. They call them PACs or Political Action Committees.
Spain, like Italy, is facing major population declines looking into the future. This implies pressure on its economy to fund the pensions of an aging society, and cultural pressures integrating a growing immigrant population from Africa.
The pandemic is changing western societies. Public health and other spending coming home.
