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This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013. Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/.  Martin Rich, an ex-investment banker currently with Social Finance, talked about the need for a change in mindset about investments. The major shift that perhaps defines the twentieth century is this: money has replaced people as […]

After many months of writing about the New Bottom Billion I have finally arrived at the Global Economic Symposium 2013 (GES). As I walked out of Kiel’s main station I realized that the GES’s theme of ‘Redefining Success’ is well suited to my new  surroundings. Global challenges are going to […]

Although Nepal has a rich and ancient culture, the country has become more famous as an adventure playground for tourism, especially mountain tourism. The Everest range and the Annapurna circuit –mountaineering’s most prestigious venues – are beloved of mountaineers and have generated substantial amounts of income for the country and still continue to […]

This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013. Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. That was a rhetorical question posed by the illustrious Mr. Marti Ahtisari in the opening plenary session at GES 2013 in regards to a remark about Newsweek ranking Nordic countries the “best countries in the world.” […]

This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013 to accompany a session on “Towards Sustainable Consumption.” Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. Chandran Nair, the last speaker at the Sustainable Consumption session at GES 2013, electrified the hall with his contrarian ideas about sustainable consumption. From his perspective, the idea […]