global politics

Let’s be honest: G7, G8, and G20 meetings have historically accomplished very little. They’re big, expensive opportunities for powerful people to get their pictures taken, trying to remind everyone how important they are (or how important they suppose themselves to be). We’ve known this for a long time. We should also admit that the corresponding [...]

The Case for Change, Continued

by Brian on 12-27-2008

in civics

… from here. To support my last argument, a few indications towards the massive changes we’ll experience in 2009. 1 - Retail: No doubt we’ll hear a lot more about this on Monday and throughout January as the Christmas numbers come in. Nobody expects it to be pretty. Felix Salmon points to this unencouraging WSJ graphic: