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.
A nation like Japan with a declining population. Not just more deaths than births but net negative immigration. Tough funding the pensions and health care of an aging society when you lack young taxpayers. The famous Italian culture is at risk.
Tesla’s success as a global manufacturer of electrical vehicles proves globalism is not dead. Elon Musk is moving the world away from fossil fuels.
Israel, Britain and France invade Egypt. Lester Pearson of Canada suggests a peace-keeping force to the UN. And he wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
Belgium pandemic mortality numbers are the highest in the world. Partly because their numbers include people who die in nursing homes as well as those who die in hospitals. It suggests other nation’s numbers are understated.
Large tech giants will get stronger during the pandemic. The political left will want them regulated.
15% of small firms will disappear as a result of the Coronavirus. But they will all be replaced with new ventures.
