Entries by Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger

Adaption Is The Answer

The question is not so much how we can “fight” climate change but how to do so in a way that does not create other, more disruptive, changes in society and the economy.

The New Great Game

As in the “great game“ practiced by European colonialists in the nineteenth century, in the new great game interests overcome principles.

Green Dreams, Inflationary Realities

by Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger — Global policy and politics, particularly in the high-income world, have green dreams for energy and the economy; inflationary realities are hitting the working class and denizens of developing countries.

The Great New Game

by Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger — We are returning to something resembling the “Great Game” of the 19th century, which saw Britain and Tsarist Russia struggle over the resources of central Asia, as other European nations strove to expand their empires into commodity-rich Africa.

Powering Down the Developing World

by Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger — Developing countries have gotten to the economic table just when climate change policies driven by western nations are placing new roadblocks to manufacturing-led growth.