The Global Consensus Has Collapsed
The End of the Universalist DreamDavos is over. The era of the grand bargain is dead. Børge Brende just buried…
Author: Lena Petrova
Future of Work Strategist and Economic Forecaster. Lena analyzes how AI-driven automation is reshaping global labor markets and advises professionals on future-proofing their careers and optimizing automated workflows.
Spain Defies the Eurozone Gravity
The Mediterranean Engine Outpaces the CoreMadrid is no longer the laggard. The Spanish economy is currently humiliating the northern industrial…
The Great Unwinding of American Bank Capital Guardrails
The New Washington ConsensusThe ledger is changing. Washington is taking a sledgehammer to the guardrails built after the 2008 financial…
Washington Targets the Hidden Tax on American Marriage
The fiscal cliff at the altarThe IRS hates your wedding. For decades, the American tax code has functioned as a…
Meta Checkpoint signals the end of the Silicon Valley social contract
The algorithm of human capitalSilicon Valley is cold. Mark Zuckerberg is colder. Meta is currently deploying a new internal performance…
Netflix Swallows the Sony Slate
The arms dealer has chosen a side. Sony Pictures just handed Netflix the keys to its cinematic kingdom. This is…
The Integrity Arbitrage
The Integrity Arbitrage Markets prize predictability. Corruption provides it. The Department of Justice just pulled back the curtain on a…
Cuban Agrarian Resilience Replaces State Failure
The Decentralized HarvestThe state failed. The soil remained. Now women are the creditors of last resort. In the Cuban countryside,…
Cuba Agrarian Pivot Faces the Hard Currency Wall
The harvest is failing.Not because of the soil. Because of the liquidity. In the fields of Artemisa and Mayabeque, the…
Corporate Boardrooms Abandon the DEI Mandate
The Davos DisconnectThe consensus is dead. Corporate boardrooms are scrubbing the acronyms. While the World Economic Forum attempts to hold…