John Maynard Keynes provided the thought-leadership in macroeconomics that enabled Britain’s Labour government to implement the policies that produced the nation’s post-WW2 economic recovery. Listed among Time magazine’s “Most Important People of the Century” in 1999, John Maynard Keynes is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential and visionary economists of the 20th century. […]
Archives for 2020
Britain’s Post WW2 Economic Recovery / Profiles in Leadership: Clement Attlee
Clement Attlee became British Prime Minister in 1945. During the ensuing six years under his leadership, the nation was transformed from a wartime economy on the brink of bankruptcy to a prosperous and more egalitarian society. A serious, modest, and patriotic man, Attlee is heralded as one of the greatest Prime Ministers of the 20th […]
Profiles in Leadership
During a recent radio interview in England, David Buffin, Chairman of Buffin Leadership International Ltd (an international management consultancy) was asked by the interviewer to define the attributes of great leadership and to provide examples of great leaders as role models. The interviewer was evidently seeking to identify the characteristics that would be desirable in […]
A Global Crisis like No Other
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) usually holds its Spring Meeting in Washington DC in April. This year, due to the emergency conditions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, the IMF meeting was conducted in a virtual format. The global crisis resulting from the pandemic was the major issue discussed at the meeting at which the IMF […]
The 2020 Social Security Trustees Report
The 2020 Annual Report of the Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance (OASDI) Trust Funds presents information regarding the financial status of the U.S. Social Security system. At the end of 2019, the OASDI program was providing benefits to 64 million persons, including 48 million retired workers and dependents, 6 […]