A quick set of thoughts from the World Economic Forum meetings in Davos last week ( http://www.weforum.org/en/index.htm ). The first addresses Threats to Security: "The cross-border flow of global proceeds from criminal activities, corruption and tax evasion is well over US$ 1 trillion, with illegal...
In past blogs, we've used worldwide counterfeiting rates, scaled to the size of the U.S. economy, to estimate the cost of counterfeiting to the U.S. economy. This number was estimated as $100 billion. A friend sent me this link: http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/dodgy-digits-behind-the-war...
In earlier blogs, I discussed the impact of the unflat earth, fuel prices and counterfeiting on the economics of branded goods. With the US economy in free fall, and its impact on the world economy remaining to be seen, it is worth considering the role of these factors on the economy as a whole. This...
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StevenSimske
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09-19-2008
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Filed under: Counterfeiting, anti-counterfeiting, security, branding, fuel costs, oil price, economy, fakes, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, financial, Iraq War, AIG