The Economist (April 26)
“Africans need jobs. The rest of the world needs workers. Migration from Africa is a mega-trend that transcends today’s populist surge” and it is already taking place on a colossal scale. Over 20 million emigrants from Africa now “live outside the continent, a three-fold increase since 1990. That is higher than the number of Indian migrants outside India or Chinese migrants outside China—two big diasporas from countries with populations of similar size to the African continent.”
Tags: 1990, 20 million, Africa, China, Diasporas, Emigrants, India, Jobs, Mega-trend, Migrants, Migration, Populations, Populist surge, Workers
Foreign Affairs (July 11)
“Today, globalization has stalled, and the new vogue for stockpiling strategic commodities and “friend-shoring” supplies will be inflationary. Add in the aging of populations and the possibility that young workers will insist on a flexible approach to work, and the Fed may have to run tighter policy than in the past quarter of a century.”
Tags: Aging, Commodities, Flexible, Friend-shoring, Globalization, Inflationary, Populations, Stalled, Stockpiling, Strategic, Supplies, Work, Young workers
Independent (August 20)
“The end of the Greek bailout is a reminder, however, that for the EU as a whole enormous tests remain with or without Britain: both as a consequence of the economic uncertainties that continue to plague much of the continent; and as a result of the ongoing need to define the European Union’s status and purpose to the satisfaction of its members, and their own populations.”
Tags: Bailout, EU, Greece, Members, Populations, Purpose, Satisfaction, UK, Uncertainties
