Tag: Innovation

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New Zealand’s Weird Economy and Why It’s Doomed to Fail

New Zealand’s economy has me scratching my head. As our peers have developed straight through the commercial, industrial and post-industrial stages, NZ has managed to hold on to an agricultural society.

The Problem with Extrapolating Trends

The future definitely ain’t going to be what it used to be. Therein lies the danger with extrapolating trends. We fall into the ‘recentism’ trap.

How to Tune Your Portfolio With Schumpeter’s Cycle

From an economic perspective, a brand-new industry like cannabis can ignite a period of prosperity. It falls in line with the economic theory of Joseph A Schumpeter.

China’s Great Quest for Rain

How great would it be to be able to control the weather? This is something China is actually working on – a massive artificial rain project.