French president Macron threw down the electoral gauntlet to what looks like a large majority of voters who seem to prefer the extreme right or left to his centrist coalition. He hopes the French will, after “voting with their heart” on the first round on June 30, “vote with their wallet” on the second, decisive, […]
Happiness used to be U-shaped by age, with middle age the least happy. Not anymore. Young people are now the least happy.
GIC’s College of Central Bankers Fellow David (Danny) Blanchflower, Ph.D., a leading labour economist, a tenured economics professor at Dartmouth College, and a former member of the Bank of England’s interest rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), recently published a paper in Economica linked below. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12515 The wage curve after the Great Recession David Blanchflower, Alex Bryson, Jackson […]
In the 3rd and final post from David’s travelogue series from Cuba, David will delve into the Cuba’s government run healthcare system. We hope you enjoy this amazing journey as David provides his insight, experiences, and conversations from Cuba. ———————————- In 2016, I published a discussion about Zika and Cuba. Here’s the link to the entire […]
GIC Board Member David R. Kotok recently completed a 3-part travelogue series as he participated in our Delegation to Cuba. The purpose of the trip was to provide members with insights about the country’s rapidly changing society and a deeper understanding of the island. We are excited to share David’s second part of the […]
February 14, 2024 (Philadelphia, PA) –– U.S. nonprofit organization The Global Interdependence Center will welcome top minds from across the world to their upcoming Climate, Currency, and Central Banking conference in Nassau, Bahamas. The public event begins with a full-day conference on Thursday, February 15. Topics to be covered during the conference include: Enhancements and […]
GIC Board Member David R. Kotok recently completed a 3-part travelogue series as he participated in our Delegation to Cuba. The purpose of the trip with to provide members with insights about the country’s rapidly changing society and a deeper understanding of the island. In Havana, the Delegation met with senior representatives from the Central […]
The following essay on “How to pay for climate change” was written by J. Paul Horne, a member of the GIC’s board of directors, at the invitation of David R. Kotok, founder of Cumberland Advisors and GIC board member. It triggered various responses including the subsequent point and counterpoint with Bob Bunting, a member of the GIC and CEO of The Climate Adaptation Center in Sarasota, FL which has made presentations to the GIC. The link to the IEA’s new global energy analysis of climate change is included at the end of this report. The GIC invites further comments about climate change.
GIC Member John Kalec shared his takeaways from a recent visit to Krakow, Poland in December 2022.
GIC Member Eric Parnell, Chief Market Strategist at Great Valley Advisors, shared his takeaways from GIC's July 12 conference "Teton Economic Outlook".
Kevin L. Kliesen, business economist and research officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and GIC Advisory Council member, shares 2023 inflation scenarios.
GIC Board Member, Michael Drury, reflects on his travels throughout Europe including GIC’s recent event with the Central Bank of Ireland.
GIC Member Eric Parnell, Chief Market Strategist at Great Valley Advisors, shared his takeaways from GIC's April conference "Cryptocurrency and the Future of Global Finance".
