Global and economic growth prospects
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Global and economic growth prospects www.stephenarcher.eu Agenda Forecasting : For you and by you The outlook for the world The view for Africa Outliers: Trump and the breakup of Europe Major change ahead 1900! Relative
Global and economic growth prospects
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Major change ahead –1900!
China CUG
Relative Share of World Manufacturing Output 1750-1900
NOfP
Share of world GDP 1969-2009
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Tim Harford-Financial Times
IMF’s revisions of world growth
Economic forecasting ignores too much of the real behaviour of people
Traditional Economics
Economics agents act rationally 100% of the time, maximising their lifetime happiness; utility
Psychology
People might be predisposed, or conditioned by their environment to behave in certain ways
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Alfred Marshall -the founder of Cambridge economics
(2001) (2014/2015) (2013)
Bribery scandals in the news
World Corruption Index
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Warren Buffett
Cracks in the BRIC (s)
Corruption by country
Emerging acronyms: BRICS, MINT s and EAGLEs
G82013 Ireland
Global outlook
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China – dropping the ball?
John Maynard Keynes 1883 - 1946
Central fiscal autonomy Central monetary autonomy Central control of banks Central budgeting across all nations Central political leadership
Regional and sustainable electorate acquiescence to the above…
Working Better Re-Engineering Working Cheaper Out-Sourcing Working Elsewhere Globalisation
Three ages of competitiveness
1980 1990 2000
Source: Hansen Medical
“The biggest revolution since the telephone and the radio combined”
Electronic connectivity
The impact
Areas of greatest earning power in emerging economies
Workforce size will expand with population growth
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