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October – December 2012 Update
Written by Anneliese Guess
Dear Readers, Below you will find our August –October 2012 Update. This quarterly Megatrends Project Update focuses on the November Future Day in Nairobi Kenya and on 2012 highlights. [issuu width=420 height=272 embedBackground=%23000000 backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=121212202518-25e61a22df874eed9d53e71aba0545f3 name=futurechallengesupdate_q412 username=bertelsmannfoundation tag=blog unit=px v=2] If you would like to be added to the e-mail […]
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La crisis no es contagio: es una enfermedad terminal
Written by oscarguarin
Abstract: The crisis has not spread, it has not been infected. Rather, it has been revealed in one country and another. It is not contagious as such, as happened in its time with the many plagues that struck Europe. It is rather a capillarity effect of the market. Capital while, almost […]
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We Can’t Be Hit by the Crisis, We’re Always in Crisis
Written by Ilina Mangova
When the financial crisis hit the Western world, a saying spread throughout Macedonia: ‘We can’t be hit by the crisis, we’re always in crisis’ This was very true at the time. The financial crisis of 2007-2008 brought the collapse of powerful financial institutions and caused a downward spiral in the […]
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Designing our very own American Dream
Written by Juliana Rincon
Growing up in Central and South America, we were raised on tales of the “American Dream”: how an immigrant could go to the USA and before long have a house, a car, a family and enough money to send back to his extended family in the home country. Things have […]
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Brain Drain: Will the last person in Croatia please turn off the lights?
Written by jelena.prtoric
High unemployment, low wages, rare promotion opportunities and constantly rising living costs are pushing educated people to flee Croatia to take their chances in foreign job markets.
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One man’s story: how unforeseen economic circumstances impact on personal decisions in the developing world
Written by Maria Farooq
Tom raised some very pertinent questions about the economic crisis and how it affects developed and developing nations alike. One of my friends, Kazim Ali, currently living in Indonesia, has experienced its trickle-down effect on the personal level. I gave him a set of interview questions about his situation when […]
