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The meaning of geography is changing, not disappearing
Stratfor
Like so many of Stratfor's contributors, I spend a lot of time thinking about geography. In the past, I have even suggested that geography has been the main force determining the different fates of each part of the planet for the past 20,000 years. But Is the meaning of geography changing so much that it has ceased to mean anything at all?
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Dr Robert Kaplan speaking at the geneva association's 43rd annual general assembly
TheGenevaAssociation
Dr Robert D. Kaplan, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and a contributing editor at The Atlantic discusses the current geo-political en...
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Quantum geopolitics
Stratfor
The world of quantum physics can provide useful guidance in the forecasting of global events. Forecasting the shape the world will take in several years or decades is an audacious undertaking. There are no images to observe or precise data points to anchor us. We can only create a picture, and a fuzzy one at best. This is, after all, our basic human empirical instinct: to draw effortlessly from th
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Amazon gets an edge with its secret squad of PhD economists
CNN
Amazon has turned so many businesses, from retailing to cloud computing, inside out. Now it's is upending the traditional role of economists within companies, as well as the field of economics.
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Funding boost for policing finance sector, in budget that warns of economic softening
The Conversation
The budget will include another round of tax cuts and provide about $600 million to pursue wrongdoers and help restore trust in the financial system.
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Maduro's End would be just the beginning of Venezuela's road to recovery
Stratfor
Growing opposition protests and U.S. sanctions has set the stage for the president’s exit in 2019, leaving behind a crippled and corruption-ridden economy in his place.
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Turkey's new reform agenda takes on finance, inflation, tax regime
Daily Sabah
The new reform program includes necessary steps to address urgent issues including the financial sector and inflationary pressures while offering a vision...
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News corp to cut 'up to a third of workforce' in move towards digital-only publishing
The Guardian
Publisher of the Australian, the Daily Telegraph and the Herald Sun is expected to stop publishing as many as 100 titles