Articles by Richard Worzel
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Topics: Biosciences, Business, Economy, Environment, Society, Technology, Geopolitics, General
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Here are some of the key trends that are going to shape the year ahead.
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Topics: Business, Demographics, Economy, Geopolitics, General
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I was recently asked to write about how my views on risk and risk management differ from conventional management views. This is the result.
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Topics: Business, Demographics, Economy, Education, Geopolitics, Society, Technology, General
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Is America still the greatest? And, if so, can it remain the greatest?
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Topics: Business, Demographics, Economy, Geopolitics, General
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In my last blog, 'A Specter Is Haunting Europe', I described the running crisis that threatens Europe's financial markets and economy with potentially severe knock-on effects for the global markets and global economy. I got a very swift reaction from a number of readers: You say this global crisis is a matter of when not if; so what should we do to protect ourselves?
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Topics: Business, Economy, Geopolitics, Society, General
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There's a spectre haunting Europe, threatening to rip the heart out of its financial markets and economy. And if Europe goes, the global markets and global economy won't be far behind.
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Topics: Business, Demographics, Economy, Education, Geopolitics, Society, Technology, General
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I don’t often give my blog over to guests, but this essay gave me pause. I commissioned Chris Ritchie to research certain aspects of social developments, and what you’re about to read was part of his report.
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Topics: Biosciences, Business, Demographics, Economy, Environment, Geopolitics, General, Society, Technology
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Although there are more than 12 things going on in the world, I believe these are the most significant trends for the year ahead.
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Topics: Business, Demographics, Economy, Education, Geopolitics, Society, Technology, General
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The Occupy movement is most significant not for what the protestors say, but rather that the movement is happening at all. It demonstrates significant unrest, and the greatest dissatisfaction with the capitalist system that we've witnessed since the fall of the Soviet Union. But where is it headed? That's a much more worrisome question.
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Topics: Education, Business, Society, Technology, General, Geopolitics
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Our school systems are not good enough for the 21st century. Comparing schools with libraries reveals part of the reason why.
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Topics: Business, Economy, Geopolitics, General
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What are the risks in the stock market right now? And are those the risks we should really be worried about?
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Topics: Business, Economy, Geopolitics, Society, General
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Are we in the countdown to a US government default? It certainly looks that way.
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Topics: Business, Economy, Geopolitics, Society, General
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Using the U.S. government's debt ceiling as a negotiating ploy is indefensible, and may lead to a financial and economic disaster comparable to the 1930s.
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Topics: Business, Economy, Geopolitics, General
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Are we headed for inflation or deflation? Recession or recovery? How about all of the above!
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Topics: Business, Economy, Society, General, Technology, Geopolitics
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Inflation is back, and we won't be happy about it, especially as it's not going to go away any time soon.
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Topics: Economy, Geopolitics, Business, Education, Society, Demographics
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What follows is an excerpt from a chapter of the book I'm currently writing. This section is quite topical right now because of what's happening in Wisconsin and elsewhere, so rather than wait for the book to appear, I'm publishing this excerpt. The book should be out in the late Spring or early Summer of 2011.
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Topics: Business, Economy, geopolitics, Society, General
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Indicators for both inflation and deflation indicate that the probability of both is rising. Since, in theory, this can't happen, it raises interesting questions. Here's what this might mean.
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Topics: Business, Demographics, Economy, Geopolitics, Society, General
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Unless America and Americans force a drastic change in the country’s direction, the American dream is dead, and America’s place as the leader of the world is over.
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Topics: Business, Economy, Environment, Geopolitics, Society, Technology, General
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The next 10 years will effectively settle the climate change debate, but not much else. What's more, we may be making policy in precisely the wrong way. Here's why.
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Topics: Business, Economy, Geopolitics, General
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The unfortunate possibility now exists that America will fail, financially, precipitating a renewed financial crisis, and plunging the global economy into an even worse recession.
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Topics: Business, Economy, Geopolitics, General
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What follows is a summary of a presentation I gave to a Canadian manufacturing group concerned about the financial and economic effects of the current crisis. I found it particularly interesting that I had just spoken to this same group eight months earlier, and the presentation was hastily arranged and held just seven days before Christmas, 2008.
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Topics: Economy, Geopolitics, General
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The credit crisis in the United States is by no means over, nor will the consequences be limited to America and Americans. And it could get really, really scary.
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Topics: General, Technology, Geopolitics, Economy
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What's ahead for 2007?
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Topics: Geopolitics, Society, General
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My fears about systematic vote fraud in the 2006 mid-term elections appear to have been groundless.
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Topics: Geopolitics, Society, General
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The up-coming U.S. mid-term elections may be a crucial test of whether America is a democracy, or whether elections are rigged.
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Topics: General, Geopolitics, Technology, Business, Demographics, Economy
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What's ahead for 2006?
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Topics: Society, Geopolitics, Environment, General
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The immediate effects of hurricane Katrina - death and destruction - are obvious. The long-term consequences and downstream effects may be more important.
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Topics: Biosciences, Economy, Geopolitics, General, Technology
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The outlook for 2005 in a range of areas.
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Topics: Biosciences, General, Geopolitics, Society
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The coming battle between health care practitioners and the government of Ontario is an important indicator of the problems that all developed country governments are going to have with their health care systems.
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Topics: Biosciences, Business, Economy, Geopolitics, General, Technology
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The outlook for 2004 is generally very good. However, there are some really nasty land mines ahead of us that could produce disaster.
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Topics: Economy, Geopolitics, General
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America's wrong-headed stance over steel tarrifs is just the kind of sticky, foolish issue that could trigger a global trade war - and precipitate a new Great Depression.
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Topics: Geopolitics, General
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It seems odd that the global community is criticizing the United States instead of a known mass-murderer - until you look at the context. What's really going on here?
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Topics: Geopolitics
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China has the largest population in the world, one of the fastest growing economies in the world, and a national government that is stable (no matter what you think of their policies). They are almost always the first country mentioned in any discussion of who might compete with the U.S. for world economic and military dominance in the next century.
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Topics: Geopolitics
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The biggest issue facing governments is that they risk becoming irrelevant or ignored if they can’t increase the speed with which they respond to changes in the real world. That might or might not dismay many of the civil servants and elected officials who comprise governments. Those who are conscientious, and who chose their careers precisely because they wanted to make a difference will be dismayed by such a prospect.
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