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China to Overtake U.S. Economy by 2032 as Asian Might Builds
The growing importance of Asia’s major economies will continue in 2018 and beyond, according to a league table that sees the region dominating in terms of size in just over a decade. The report by the Centre for Economics and Business Research in London sees India leapfrogging the U.K. and France next year to become the world’s fifth-biggest economy in dollar terms. It will advance to third place by 2027, moving ahead of Germany.
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Automation may bring the realisation that we're not hard-wired to work
Dubbed “the original affluent society”, modern humans could learn a lot from hunter-gatherers' attitude to work. or those of us not tormented by visions of a Terminator-style dystopia, the most urgent question posed by automation is: “What will people do if robots take their jobs?” The same problem troubled John Maynard Keynes, who suggested in 1930 that within a century, capital growth, technological advances and productivity gains could create an economic utopia in which nobody would need to work more than 15 hours a week.
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Collapsing pensions will fuel America’s next financial crisis
America faces a mathematical problem that dwarfs the fiscal deficits caused by overly rosy government economic projections and even the troubles on the horizon for Social Security, warns Jeff Reeves.
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IMF Says China Must Fix Shortcomings to Lead Globalization
China should be willing to loosen trade and investment restrictions if it seeks to play a leading role in globalization, International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton said. Speaking at the Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong Monday, Lipton acknowledged that China’s leadership has been a “voice of reason” in terms of preserving the current system of rules-based international trade, but the nation also had more to do.
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Supporting job growth and worker prosperity in a new era of automation
Automation has been a fixture in organizations for as long as most of us can remember. Companies have used it not just to optimize labor costs but also to boost the speed at which new products and processes can be developed and launched, as well as to reduce errors and reap other performance benefits. Governments have an interest in encouraging automation adoption, since it will help boost the productivity of national economies and raise growth
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Harvard: India will be world’s fastest growing economy in coming decade
India tops the list of the fastest growing economies in the world for the coming decade and is projected to grow at 7.9 per cent annually, ahead of China and the US, according to a Harvard University report.
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Cryptocurrency a ‘Modern Miracle,” Not Going Away: CFTC Commissioner
Get exclusive analysis and cryptocurrency insights on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. One of the top market regulators in the US said this week that cryptocurrency is a “technological revolution” that will one day be a part of every national economy. Speaking on Monday before the BFI Summit at the United Nations, Commodity Futures
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Germany, China seek closer alliance over trade spat with US
Government consultations between Germany and China in Berlin on Monday aim to send a signal of closer bilateral cooperation in light of a worsened trade spat with the US. But some hurdles have yet to be overcome. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang held talks on closer economic cooperation in Berlin on Monday as the two countries seek a coordinated strategy in response to the US administration's protectionist agenda.
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“What Have We Done?”: Silicon Valley Engineers Fear They've Created a Monster
Gig-economy companies like Uber and Instacart are on the verge of overtaking the traditional economy. And the only people who understand the threat are the ones enabling it.
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Rainbow Symbolism
Speaking of Rainbows, Sacred Contracts, and Genesis 9... While listening to a podcast while walking, one of my main activities that I enjoy, the speaker mentioned the covenant of the Rainbow... my special ability, if I have one, is associating seemingly disparate ideas, signs, symbols, text that I integrate into a checklist or patchwork quilt (that few understand or take the time to attempt to understand)... see previous posts about Sacred Contracts (Carolyn Myss book), the project Tammy and I worked on (main use case is establishing an ecologically sustainable economic heartbeat). See https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/tammymcgee/journal
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World Economic Forum: There Are Blockchain Solutions For Saving Our Environement
According to the World Economic Forum, there are more than 60 blockchain use cases for solving all the serious environmental challenges that are endangering our planet. The Swiss-based World Economic Forum issued a report named ‘’Building Block(chain) for a Better Planet’’. In that report, you can see all the highlighted blockchain solutions that can potentially […]
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What if Sociologists Had as Much Influence as Economists?
Economists traditionally dominate policy making in Washington, but they don’t have all the answers. Sociologists have a lot to teach us.
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Earth Intelligence Network EIN neural network emulation algorithm - your nomination?
What algorithm (based on nature) do you recommend to act as a neural network emulation algorithm for the EIN Earth (Artificial) Intelligence Network - and provide a universal event flash heartbeat message bus? #algorithm #NeuralNetworks #ArtificialIntelligence #UNRIG #heartbeat
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How to Use Fundamental Analysis in Forex - Fx Trading Pro
Fundamental analysis is a powerful tool that can effectively indicate currency pair price movements.Why is it called ‘fundamental?’ Because, instead of looking at the charts
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Delusional Bitcoin Vs Fool’s Gold – Eco Economic Heartbeat – Medium
Warren Buffett says bitcoin is a ‘delusion’ and ‘attracts charlatans’ Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says he sees “no unique value” in the world’s largest cryptocurrency. “It is a delusion, basically,” Buffett tells CNBC’s Becky Quick. The Berkshire Hathaway CEO has been a long-time critic of cryptocurrencies. He called bitcoin “probably rat poison squared,” ahead of the 2018 Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting. So, as a hedge to the dollar and other (FIAT) currencies collapsing, everyone always says buy gold, buy gold (and silver).. this sounds like a sound strategy until one considers Warren Buffet’s take on the total amount
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Point of order: internet, programmable $ = 1) Time epochs 2) syntax parsed as instructions
Point of order: no such thing as "sitting on top of / layers" for Lightning Network / Bitcoin Cash BCH etc. No such thing as "out of band signaling, telemetry (Gossip Protocol). Reality is that data is sent in sequentially follow on time epochs created by silicon chips / servers / server farms / nodes dedicated to this purpose: https://youtu.be/3AtEGcl7nJY
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Preference for Environment Over Economy Largest Since 2000
By the widest margin since 2000, more Americans believe environmental protection should take precedence over economic growth when the two goals conflict. Sixty-five percent now choose the environment, up eight percentage points from a year ago, while 30% choose the economy.
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After Neoliberalism | by Joseph E. Stiglitz
For the past 40 years, the United States and other advanced economies have been pursuing a free-market agenda of low taxes, deregulation, and cuts to social programs. There can no longer be any doubt that this approach has failed spectacularly; the only question is what will – and should – come next.
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No one should be a billionaire
What Democratic presidential candidates should have said in response to the question
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How to Compete With Technology in the Age of Automation
It's all about staying in demand in the workplace.
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