Saturday, December 17, 2022

WABC Studio Debrief Dec 28, 2008: One World Government


John Batchelor and Simon Constable discuss the theory that the world is headed for a single ruling body for the globe.


Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Forbes Japan: 進むドル高、欧州や新興国への影響は?

By SIMON CONSTABLE

ドル高が進んでいる。主要通貨に対する米ドルの強さを示すドルインデックスは、2002年4月以来約20年半ぶりの高値水準にある。

フォーブスの寄稿者のひとりであるジョン・トビーも論じているように、ドル高はたしかに米国にとってはプラスにはたらく。だが、それ以外の国や地域では必ずしもそうではない。Read more here


Photo by Mackenzie Marco on Unsplash

Forbes: The Biden Administration’s “Reverse Ferret”On Energy Policy

By SIMON CONSTABLE 

The longstanding previous energy policy stance had become an embarrassment to the administration. Read more here.

Photo by Alfred Kenneally on Unsplash

Top Writer in Energy on Medium

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Honored to be a top writer on the topic of energy at Medium.com 


Read more here.

Monday, December 12, 2022

Briefings Magazine: Where Tech Starts, Ends

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Something odd happened almost three decades ago. Startup web-browser company Netscape went public, delighting investors despite having no profits. This event, on August 9, 1995, prompted one of the biggest global economic shifts since the industrial revolution. Over the last 27 years, web-based businesses have become behemoths worth billions of dollars: Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, Netflix. Yet the overwhelming majority of these big tech companies come from just two countries: the US and China. Other countries, such as those in Europe or Asia (excluding China), lag hugely. Read more here.

David Lienemann , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons