Megaprojects Set to Explode to 24 Percent of Global GDP Within a Decade
Megaprojects Set to Explode to 24 Percent of Global GDP Within a Decade Gone are the days where people are impressed by projects costing $10-$50 million or even $100 million. We are witnessing an explosion in the number of $1 billion+ projects with some, like the...
Five Tough Questions: The Warsaw School of Economics Interview
The Warsaw School of Economics is the oldest, most prestigious, and top-ranked business school in Poland. Dr. Piotr Turek received his PhD in Economics there and went on to become a fellow futurist and new media expert in Warsaw where he works as a journalist,...
Fixing our Insanely Broken Sales Tax System
At a recent visit to our local hairdresser, my wife and I were informed by the enterprising young lady that she was no longer selling her line of retail hair products. Filling out the monthly sales tax reports had simply become too onerous, and the profits too small...
Entering the Era of Super Scalability – The Billion-Benchmark Club
It was a monumental event that no one noticed. Just before 1800 the number of people on earth had climbed to what was then believed to be an astronomically large number – 1 billion. While this was indeed a landmark event, the occasion passed without fanfare. The...