Even though some speaking opportunities don’t slow down for busy executives as I wrote in my last post, I have obviously slowed down with the blog writing a little too. I’ve been a little busier with some other projects, but reality is that things are just slower in the summer of 2010. That said, it’s not at a complete halt. Here are some of my latest global brain candy thoughts.
For the next book club, we’re reading Zeitoun, which is a story about Syrian-born Abdulrahman Zeitoun’s experience after Katrina. I will limit detailed discussion of the book to the ...read more
In my weekly feature for Recessionwire, I discuss Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s projection for the end of the recession, which is in 2010 but gradual. I talk about how the prediction is overly reliant on consumer confidence in the US but agree with him in the end. While I thought the forecast was a little optimistic about consumer spending given the expectations for a jobless recovery, I agreed with him in general in the sense that it’s not really surprising that the recovery will be gradual. It took years to make the mess, so it’s not outlandish that it will take a little ...read more
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