Off-Shoring Comes Full Circle
Outsourcing and off-shoring were major growth trends of the past two decades. Technology and globalization made the...
China Struggles to Control Its Collap...
As the Trends editors have long argued, China's apparent success has been propped up by unsustainable...
Solving the Global Water Crisis Moves...
As highlighted in previous issues, the world faces a potentially catastrophic water crisis in the coming decades. For...
The Realities of Global Trade
Politicians and pundits insist that American manufacturers and consumers are victims of an unfair competition, which...
Global Demographics Favor U.S. Business
published on: Sep 2, 2011
The global population continues to age rapidly. The developed world is actually shrinking. And strong population growth continues only in the world's...
China's Internal Stresses Multiply
published on: Aug 5, 2011
As we've discussed in prior issues, China faces an extraordinary set of major challenges, now and in the coming decade. Beginning in 1978, China has...
China Enters a New Era
published on: Jun 6, 2011
Despite fluctuations and variations, China has stayed on a path of export-driven growth and increased openness laid out under the leadership of Deng...
Globalization: The Wellspring of Global Econo...
published on: Apr 15, 2011
The economic challenges of the coming decade, as well as the current economic crisis, arise largely from fundamental imbalances within — as well as...
European Malaise
published on: Mar 28, 2011
Those who fear a so-called North American Union may be especially frightened by the possibility that the United States might become the kind of...
Economics of the Global Water Supply
published on: Oct 15, 2010
For nearly two decades, the Trends Editors have been monitoring problems potentially arising as demand for fresh water increasingly outstrips supply...
Innovation and Change Become the Hallmarks of...
published on: Sep 15, 2010
As globalization continues to advance, it will open up huge market potential in the developing world to compensate for slow or negative growth in...
The Future Brightens for the Dark Continent
published on: Aug 15, 2010
After decades of economic decline, grinding poverty, and lagging development, Africa is finally showing signs of progress. Why is this happening...
A Mountain of Corporate Cash
published on: Aug 15, 2010
While individuals, small businesses, and even government entities have seen their cash assets disappear in the face of the Great Recession, major...
Globalization: The Wellspring of Global Econo...
published on: Jul 15, 2010
The economic challenges of the coming decade, as well as the current economic crisis, arise largely from fundamental imbalances within — as ...
Unleashing Global Entrepreneurship
published on: Jul 15, 2010
In a single generation, China has gone from an isolated economic and political backwater to the center of the global economy. With that global...
'Chimerica,' a Special Relationship at the Cr...
published on: Apr 15, 2010
Since the late 1970s, China and the United States have shared a unique synergy. While their strategic objectives were different, they were able to...
America Dodges the Global Demographic Bullet
published on: Apr 15, 2010
As the Trends editors frequently remind us, "demography is destiny." Today, falling birth rates have placed the developed world on a collision...
Unconventional Competition Unleashes Outside-...
published on: Mar 15, 2010
Throughout human history, competition has been the primary driver of meaningful innovation. Unfortunately, this competition is too often limited to...
China's New Economic Paradigm
published on: Nov 15, 2009
China, India, and the rest of the developing world can no longer rely upon affluent consumers in Europe, North America, and Japan to drive their...
Globalization Under Attack
published on: Nov 15, 2009
Perhaps the most distressing element of the current recession is the way in which it has emboldened protectionists. Until recently, protectionist...