Future² Podcast #39: The Future of the Global Economy with Parag Khanna

Listen on iTunes: goo.gl/sMnEa0 Listen on Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/future Parag Khanna is a leading global strategist, world traveler, and best-selling author. He is a CNN Global Contributor and Managing Partner of Hybrid Reality, a boutique geo-strategic advisory firm. Parag's latest book is called Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization (2016). He is also co-author of Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization (2012) and author of the award-winning How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance (2011) and the international bestseller The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order (2008), which was translated into more than twenty languages. In 2008, Parag was named one of Esquire’s “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century,” and featured in WIRED magazine’s “Smart List.” Amongst his many endeavours and achievements, Parag has been an adviser to the U.S. National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2030 program, and served in the foreign policy advisory group to the Barack Obama for President campaign. From 2006-2015 he was a senior research fellow at the New America Foundation. During 2007 he served in Iraq and Afghanistan as a senior geopolitical adviser to United States Special Operations Forces. Topics discussed: - How megacities are changing the map of the world - How small, traditionally powerless counties can become empowered as they shift from political geography to functional geography - The growing disparity between infrastructure spending and defence spending - Why China is racing ahead of the US and how the latter can close the gap - The concept of Sustainable Urbanisation - How technology and new energy discoveries are harnessing more peaceful societies - The implications of the 2 billion people about to come online in developing economies Show Notes: Parag's website - www.paragkhanna.com/ Parag's books - www.amazon.com/Parag-Khanna/e/B001JS9A30 Parag's Twitter - twitter.com/paragkhanna Parag's TED talk: 'Mapping the Future of Countries' - www.ted.com/talks/parag_khanna_…untries?language=en Listen on iTunes: goo.gl/sMnEa0 Listen on Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/future If you've got any questions on this podcast feel free to send an email to steve@collectivecamp.us or tweet me on Twitter @steveglaveski or @future_squared Our online innovation manager's course kicks of July 1 2016, sign up today for earlybird pricing at www.innovationmanagerscourse.com Like us? It'd make our day if you took 1 minute to show some love on iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud by subscribing, sharing and giving us a 5 star rating. To sign up to our mailing list head to www.futuresquared.xyz For more information on Collective Campus, our innovation hub, school and consultancy based in Melbourne, Australia, check out www.collectivecamp.us LikeFuture² Podcast #39: The Future of the Global Economy with Parag Khanna CommentShareShare Future² Podcast #39: The Future of the Global Economy with Parag Khanna -Video Upload powered by https://www.TunesToTube.com