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Welcome to Wednesday Night #1349 9 Jan 2008
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the account of the Diana's Wednesday Night #1349
9 January 2008
Welcome back to all who have enjoyed protracted holidays in exotic, or not-so-exotic habitats! We have missed you and once again extend warmest greetings and good wishes for the coming year, as we look forward to many more enlightening evenings of quiet discussion and/or passionate debate.
There’s little doubt that the Iowa and New Hampshire Primary results will be at the top of this week’s topics. We have been particularly impressed with the candidates’ debates and, despite Bill Richardson’s quip that he had been in hostage negotiations that were more civil, we found the general tone thoughtful and thought-provoking, giving the audience a good picture of the strengths - and flaws - of each candidate. Speaking of which, in our view, the less glamorous, much-neglected fourth candidate, Governor Richardson, deserves more attention.
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Sadly, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Kenya are still in the news and promise to be there for some time to come.
Forecasts and prognostications of the economy are in vogue and Germain Bourgeois should be with us to share his good fortune from wise investing in emerging markets.He has always generously shared his opinions and perhaps more of us will not only listen, but act on his counsel. Bearing out his views: Bloomberg’s piece, “India Investment Booms With Third Year of 9% GDP Growth in ‘08“. But China’s story may not be so good. UPI reports that “Until recently, the West has turned a blind eye to the falsified statistics China has routinely produced to impress the world. Only recently have independent reports begun to appear in the mainstream Western press that China is not developing as fast as previously portrayed. Not only that, there are wide gaps between published economic figures and the truth. It is beginning to emerge that China has been hoodwinking the West.
A stark new analysis by Albert Keidel, an economist at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, has laid China’s overconfidence bare.”
The Guardian’s List of 50 People Who Could Save The Planet is sure to generate some discussion; names range from Leonardo DiCaprio to Tewolde Egziabher of Ethiopia and (surprise!) Bjørn Lomborg [”He doesn’t dispute the science of climate change, but questions the priority it is given. He may look increasingly out of step, but Lomborg is one of the few academics prepared to challenge the consensus with credible data.”]
Mercifully, with federal and provincial politicians in recess, things have been quiet on the political front at home. As oil prices rise, there’s no-one to grumble to. We have survived the mega-snowfalls and the City has almost caught up on clearing the streets (for now), so as we revel in the January Thaw, we have given over to celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the Great Ice Storm. The Gazette is publishing an excellent retrospective and Aislin’s cartoon above says it all.
Forecasts of practically every aspect of 2008 are plentiful and not cheerful (see CBC story Recession fears grow as U.S. job market stalls). One which many of you may not have seen is IATA’s financial forecast for the key sector of aviation We invite you to share your favorite ones with us.
Finally, if you read nothing else, please ponder Jeremy Kinsman’s Memo to the PM: The world in 2008, a thoughtful and informed analysis of foreign policy issues and opportunities in 2008, which, regrettably, we are convinced will not be read by those who should be reading it.
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