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Freshwater Crisis, Farming Opportunity
by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. The following article was part of a presentation made to the California Farm Bureau Federation in December of 2011. The looming shortage of freshwater is not unique to farmers here – it’s rapidly going global. … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, America, aquifers, Canada, climate change, farm, farmers, farming, freshwater, future, India, innovation, population growth, urban growth, water, water shortages
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12 Trends for 2012
by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. The year ahead is going to be a tumultuous one, challenging in political, economic, and financial terms. Despite this, there are opportunities for those prepared to take advantage of them, because uncertain times mean that … Continue reading
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It Can’t Happen Here: What Happens After Occupy Wall Street
by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. 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 … Continue reading
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It’s Not Just Stocks that Are at Risk
by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. The stock markets have fallen out of bed since President Obama signed the ludicrous debt ceiling deal. I don’t wonder about that; what I wonder is why they took so long. I was expecting stocks … Continue reading
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Things to watch through 2011 and through the decade
by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. Like all years, there will be good news and bad in 2011. Because of the bad planning, bad judgment, and bad behavior of previous years and decades, some of the potential bad news is very … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, America, Apple, augmented reality, Canada, China, computer intelligence, computer intelligences, currency war, ebooks, economy, Egypt, Euro, Europe, everyday robots, financial crisis, genetic programming, geopolitics, global economy, health care, iPad, Iran, Kindle, Kinect, Korea, near-eye monitor, near-eye video, North Korea, Obama, productivity, robot, robots, Sarah Palin, Tea Party, technology, trade war, Tunisia, United States
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Inflation AND deflation at the same time? Economic straws in the wind
by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. I’ve noticed a strange development recently: two indicators that I follow for inflation and deflation are both rising, implying that we may be headed for a period of both inflation and deflation at the same … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American economy, Canada, Canadian economy, China, currency war, deflation, depression, economic indicators, economy, Great Depression, Great Recession, inflation, trade war
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Why Education Must Change
by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A. This article was originally published in Teach magazine. For most of the 18 years I’ve written this column, I’ve focused on how education will change. This time, I’m going to focus on why it must … Continue reading
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Outlook 2020: The Economy
This is the second in a series of blogs on the likely events of the next 10 years. If we’re lucky, 2010 could be a lousy year. If we’re unlucky, 2010 could be a disastrous year, worse than 2008, because … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, 2020, America, American economy, Brazil, Canada, Canadian economy, China, currencies, Europe, global economy, greenback, India, loonie, outlook for 2010, outlook for 2020, Rapidly Developing Countries, RDCs, recession, recession indictor, trade, U.S. dollar
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Risk Management in 2009 and Beyond
What follows is an amalgam of presentations I made to two risk management groups in very different sectors: one in health care, and the other in insurance. The principles are the same, even though the immediate concerns may differ. Let … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American economy, banking crisis, banks, Canada, Canadian economy, crisis, drug research, environmental scanning, flu, flu pandemic, governance, health care, health insurance, influenza, outlook for 2010, pandemic, pharmaceutical research, pharmaceuticals, recession, risk, risk management, Spanish flu
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Where the economy goes from here
Have we hit bottom? Are we starting up? Yes, and no. Yes, we’ve probably hit bottom. No, we’re not starting up – at least the United States isn’t, and most of the developed world will see feeble growth at best. Yet, … Continue reading
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