the illicit global economy
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This is a presentation on The Illicit Global Economy by Nils Gilman, a consultant with Monitor Group, at the 4th European Futurist Conference in Lucerne, Switzerland on 27-Oct-2008. (http://www.european-futurists.org/wEnglisch/programm/Programm2008/programm2008.php)TRANSCRIPT
the global illiciteconomy
Dr. Nils GilmanMonitor Group
European Futurists Conference, 2008
deviant globalization
the unsanctioned global flows of goodsand services that violate bourgeoisethical sensibilities
deviant health care
rule #1
perfectly legitimate forms of demand canproduce perfectly deviant forms ofsupply
deviant pharma
rule #2
uneven global regulatory structurescreate arbitrage opportunities for deviantentrepreneurs
deviant shipping
rule #3
pathways for legitimate globalization arealways also pathways for deviantglobalization
deviant software
rule #4
once a deviant industry professionalizes,crackdowns merely promote innovation
deviant weapons
rule #5
states themselves undermine thedistinction between legitimate anddeviant economies
deviant finance
rule #6
unchecked, deviant entrepreneurs willovertake the legitimate economy
deviant lobbyists
rule #7
deviant globalization presents anexistential challenge to state legitimacy
the geopolitics of deviant globalization:post-modern, post-revolutionary, post-progressive
