Jul
23
Writing this blog from Seattle on America's West Coast, while visiting the Microsoft campus to discuss some strategic issues concerning long-term trends, I am once again struck by how quickly the world is changing as it adapts to new circumstances and fast moving information technology.
The US has been in the ...
As the European Parliament moves towards summer recess, and Members move into holiday mode - its a good moment to look back over the past six months to understand why politicians feel relieved that they have survived the unexpectedly tumultuous times through which they have lived (next week's blog will ...
Readers of this blog will know that a favourite theme of mine is looking at the digital economy, which is now becoming the economy as technology permeates every aspect of our lives today. I touched on the subject of the Internet being friend or foe on 19 June last year ...
This week I return to familiar ground and make no apology for having another look at demographic trends and our ageing population, a subject which has recently been the focus of attention for the new coalition government.
Last week Jack Goldstone, the author of 'The New Population Bomb' was speaking in Brussels, ...
