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...Gist: Imagine a world where pirates run amok, blowing themselves up in European city centers; where wars are ignited over lack of drinking water; where a global face-off between Islam and Christianity makes World War II look like a water-balloon fight. According to economist and political scientist Jacques Attali, that is what the future has in store for us by 2025. In the belief that past experiences are indicative future events, Attali combs through the history of human kind, all the way back to Homo Habilis, separating the past into nine distinct periods to isolate "what is possible...
...would as soon relocate its studios to Shenzhen as Nike would build a new factory in Malibu. This type of competitive advantage is rare and extraordinarily valuable. It is completely bewildering, therefore, that networks are unable to translate it into profits, as explained in a recent article in The Economist. These are the types of businesses, after all, that ought to flourish in the economy of the future...
Mark Zandi, the chief economist and co-founder of Moody's Economy.com was in the midst of a whirlwind day that included two speeches, a panel discussion, a television interview and a visit to the Congressional Budget Office - but he still found time for a little extracurricular research...
...economic-geek circle at the front of the room. Men from the Department of Commerce, Freddie Mac and a real estate investment fund batted questions around: "Has your forecast for home prices changed?" "What about the savings rate?" As he raced out the door, Zandi was stopped by an economist from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to talk about the "wealth effect." (See the best business deals...
...Philadelphia, the son of an engineering professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned a Ph.D. from Penn and worked for Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates before starting his company. He was photographed for Fortune in 2000 dressed like Rocky, which mortifies him now. "They called me the sexiest economist in America, and that was years ago, when I had hair and body mass and my teeth were shiny." He lives in Philadelphia, despite his constant need to commute to places like Washington and New York City, because that's where he grew up and his family's roots...