UBS Global Wealth Report 2024

People around the world are getting progressively wealthier – and that doesn’t just apply to those who already own great wealth. What does the future hold for global wealth? The answer is encouraging. Our analysis of over 50 key markets in this year’s Global Wealth Report shows the world is getting progressively richer across all …

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The Obverse

Luis Rubio Leaders inherit their circumstances, affirm Zelikow and Rice.* “Facing those circumstances between the years 1988 and 1992, some leaders chose, quite deliberately, to transform the basic operating principles of whole societies. They chose to abolish countries and create new ones. They chose to …

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The Cage

Federico Reyes Heroles The deception is collective. Freedom of expression, secrecy, parties, independence of the organizers, institutional relay, respect for differences, and rules by the authorities—all of this under the watchful eye of an honest citizenry—should be sufficient guarantees. But everything—managed with malice—can become a …

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Parallels?

Luis Rubio As Marx pointed out, history repeats itself, the first time as a tragedy, the second as a farce. For his part, Santayana argued that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Repeated or not, it is imperative not …

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