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Markets: Understand the Present to Forecast the Future (Part 2)

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Alexandra : So Steve, there are so many financial newsletters out there, and you've been writing yours for quite a while now so what makes your analysis unique? After noticing the real GDP per person just dropped to its lowest level in more than 75 years, a major newspaper recently asked a slate of economists, "What's wrong with the economy?"

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Complimentary Resource – Economist: Smart SMBs Fine-Tuning the Engines of Growth

Strategy Driven

In the latest forecasts from The Economist Intelligence Unit, global GDP growth for 2013 has been revised down to 3.1% – only slightly up on GDP growth for 2012 (2.9%). If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter.

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Macro and Micro Motivation

The Center For Leadership Studies

It is the study of employment, the forces of productivity and the factors impacting gross domestic product (GDP). Read her books, listen to her podcasts, sign up for her newsletter. Microeconomics – More of a focused spotlight , this is the study of market-specific dynamics and prices. What’s selling? What isn’t?

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The Joy of Facts

Next Level Blog

leads the world in health expenditures as a percentage of GDP at 16.5%. It’s common to hear someone say about the U.S., “We We have the best health care system in the world.” Based on what facts? According to World Health Organization stats, the U.S. doesn’t even make the top 10 countries for healthy life expectancy.

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The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable

Harvard Business Review

Heres what orthodox economics would have predicted for a country without banks: A collapse in the money supply, a credit crunch, a trade implosion, mass unemployment, an atomized GDP, and the gears of industry and commerce grinding to a crashing halt. Imagine all the veins in your body suddenly shrinking and collapsing — Avada Kedavra!!

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Why Men Won’t Drink Diet Coke

Harvard Business Review

The problem stems partly from how Facebook is designed: There''s no way to say "Hello" or "Welcome" to a new person who likes your page (as is standard with e-newsletters), and the social network is based on an advertising model, not brand engagement. But marketers bear a certain responsibility too. Andy O''Connell Does School Matter?

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