Attention Economy


Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Global Risks – A Look Ahead

Bloomberg survey finds:
“The U.S. and Europe, for decades bastions of political stability, are now exporting political risk to the rest of the world. That's the takeaway from Bloomberg's annual survey of  146 analysts, economists and strategists….
Uncertainty over Trump's future policies was identified as the single biggest threat to global security by 38 percent of survey respondents.”

Related:
The always intelligent Roger Cohen on the rise of populism and nationalism in the West:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/opinion/the-rage-of-2016.html


Corporate America and the Trump Presidency
“Some business leaders and economists have worried whether executives can speak their minds about the president-elect or his policies without fear of facing Trump’s rage.
“Twisting people’s arms is inherently problematic” for a president, said N. Gregory Mankiw, a professor of economics at Harvard who served as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush.”