Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL Interviews the world's leading thinkers, and the people shaping the century.

More than ever before in human history, our countries are linked in a complex economic framework which creates dependencies between all nations. In a privileged interview, Thought Economics speaks to Professor Wim Naudé, (Senior Research Fellow and Project Director of the United Nations University World Institute for Developing Economics Research)…

 

The past 10 days have been “the most dramatic in Wall Street’s 216-year history” seeing Lehman Brothers collapse, AIG fall into critical distress, and the US Federal Reserve creating a c. US$1 Trillion rescue plan to “save the world”. While many investors were caught in this crisis, the leading economists…

 

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These markets will become a crucible for innovation and dynamic change. This will give more growth to derivative markets as we move forward.

— Craig Donohue
Former CEO of CME Group, global derivatives exchange leader.

If you fail many times in life, it can be frustrating, but, if you look differently at that, you can see that if you fail many times, you get up many times. If you didn't get up after the first fall, you could never have fought. Failure just means you got knocked down.

— Francis Ngannou
Former UFC Heavyweight Champion & Mixed Martial Arts Pioneer

If you make everything you do data driven, it's an inherent limitation on experimentation. Most PLCs are so driven by the finance department that they've lost the capacity to get lucky.

— Rory Sutherland
Vice Chairman of Ogilvy & advertising strategist and behavioral economist

Israel is not called 'the start-up nation' for nothing. We have great statistics to show the number of start-ups per capita, the number of PhD's per capita, V/C Dollars per capita, Patents per capita and more. Israel creates a huge amount of innovative start-ups which are often bought out before they are even revenue producing!

— Michael Freedman
Mathematician & Topologist, Solved the 4-Dimensional Poincaré Conjecture

I proposed that individuals should prioritize searching for the relationship they desire, not necessarily the person. The person should ideally align with the relationship dynamic you're seeking, akin to meeting the requirements of a job description.

— Dr. Stan Tatkin
Psychotherapist & developer of Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy (PACT)

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