2016 Year in Review
Looking back on 2016 a LOT has happened, not all of which was necessarily bad. December 26, 2016 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP 2016 was the year of the curveball. I dare say many people were shocked at some of the things that happened. I know I was. Here are some observations about 2016: […]
Venezuela’s Economy Takes Another Hit
As the Venezuelan economy takes another hit when the 100 bolivar note is banned. December 19, 2016 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Venezuela officially went off the economic deep end. The only way to describe it is that they’ve banned economics altogether. The Venezuelan bolivar is depreciating at free-fall speeds of 20% per month […]
India Bans High Denomination Cash
India joins in global cashless policies, but it took a chaotic turn. December 12, 2016 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Not that long ago, I wrote about Australia’s war on cash. India is also on board now! India’s approach to going cashless was quite extreme and a little different from those of Australia, Scandinavia, […]
Globalization vs Protectionism
Globalization becoming the economic scapegoat of protectionists. December 5, 2016 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Protectionism has become the newly embraced talking point of the political class. The disturbing part is, this marks the era of free trade and globalization becoming economic scapegoats. Never mind what the truth is: any two things that happen at […]
