Umair Haque: A New Prophecy for a Global America
Industrial prosperity has reached its limit. Stagnation, decline, impoverishment and a general kind of misery mark the end of an era of one model of growth. A great reconfiguration of the global economy is inevitable. Such are the prophecies of Umair Haque.
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Umair Haque
Umair Haque is Director of the Havas Media Lab and author of The New Capitalist Manifesto: Building a Disruptively Better Business. He also founded Bubblegeneration, an agenda-setting advisory boutique that shaped strategies across media and consumer industries.
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John Durrant
Your 'eudaimonic' prophecy is certainly hopeful, I suspect there will be generations of resistance from those addicted to the opulence model - it could be a painful transition but the optimist in me hopes you're onto something there...
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 19:19
TabathaLupien
Depression is affecting more and more people for obvious reasons especially after the financial crisis. I have seen this first hand while working as an intern at the cocaine rehab. The signs of depression can be recognized by loved and close ones if they are willing to learn about them and pay attention to the people around them. They are the ones who must initiate a visit to the psychologist and encourage their loved ones to seek help.
Tue, 02/21/2012 - 09:26