China and Brazil Part 2: Our version of rebalancing

It seems that the kind of rebalancing that we will see is going to be political rather than the consensual economic kind favoured by developed nations.

Rediscovery: Brazil and the 21st century @Ignite London

This is my 5 minute presentation at Ignite London on Brazil @ Ignite London. For those note familiar with the format of Ignite, you get 20 slides which change every 15 seconds. Apart from the odd misspeak it all went quite smoothly though I didn’t get to talk about Manaus. I tried to give a quick run down (without the economics) of why Brazil is centre stage in a rebalancing world.

Economist – carbon tax

THE best way to curb global warming would be a carbon tax. The money raised could be divided up among citizens or used to repay the national debt. A tax on carbon dioxide (CO2) would give everyone an incentive to emit less of it. It would be simple, direct and transparent. For these reasons, it will never happen in America

Economist: A stress test for good intentions

Economist keeps going down the CR is good for business road – -provided it is CR 2.0…

As firms grapple with a brutal economic downturn, they are taking a long, hard look at the resources they devote to everything from supporting charities to making their activities carbon-neutral.