86th Annual BIS Report

86th Annual BIS Report

Summary: The global economy seems not as bad as rhetoric suggests while historically high risk factors remain unaddressed. Low global growth expectations and high debt narrows the range for policy maneuvering.. There is an urgent policy need for sustainable expansion...
84th BIS Report

84th BIS Report

BIS report 2014 by John P. Reisman — last modified Nov 24, 2020 05:46 PM Bank for International Settlements, 84th Annual Report, Released 29 June 2014, Basel, Switzerland. The BIS report outlines the general assessment of economic risks and considerations for World...

Fiscal Cliff? Make it a Fiscal Slide.

The fiscal cliff is a term that describes the retirement of the Bush tax cuts and forced spending cuts baked into the budgeting agenda for the government. To deal with it properly we need to do several things. First, set aside our personal bias and second, set aside...
Planned Obsolescence

Planned Obsolescence

If we plan our obsolescence, obsolescence we shall achive. Planned obsolescence is the purposeful planning of limiting the useful life of a product or design. The purpose is to stimulate and perpetuate product consumption. This has short term benefits for companies in...