Why This Crisis Won’t Go Away (Soon)
Why do most theorems in maths start by saying “let f(x) be a continuous differentiable function…”? Why do so manyContinue Reading
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Rating the Resilience of Major Markets, 31-st December, 2015
Resilience Ratings of major markets are reported in the table below. Analysis performed on 31/12/2015. The results are presented withoutContinue Reading
How Sustainable is the World as a System?
Corporate sustainability, social responsibility and sustainability in general are trendy subjects nowadays. There exist numerous programmes, institutes and research centersContinue Reading
Deutsche Bank – Too Big To Fail or Too Complex To Survive?
Complexity and interdependency are the hallmarks of our time. The increase of complexity and turbulence in the markets andContinue Reading
Sustainability and the Dramatic Importance of Systemic Analysis
You only appreciate the importance of systemic analysis once you see the kind of new knowledge it delivers. There isContinue Reading
When did China (Really) Start to Slow Down?
China has made headlines recently when it devalued the Yuan and when its stock markets fell. By mid-July theContinue Reading
Greece. Brutum Fulmen?
The GDP of Greece accounts for a very small percentage of that of the Eurozone. And yet, the magnitude ofContinue Reading
Major Stock Markets: Is A Crash Imminent?
Over the past few months stock markets have been registering very positive performance. Some analysts claim the markets are inContinue Reading
What is Missing in the WEF 2015 Global Risks Report?
Complexity-induced risk. In the WEF 2015 Global Risks Report, the word ‘complexity’ is mentioned only 8 times and in aContinue Reading
Sustainability – New Quantitative Approaches, New Indices
Sustainability is a popular subject nowadays. Sustainability implies permanence, a sort of steady-state, almost some kind of equilibrium. However, inContinue Reading
Artificial Intuition 