Commentary on a new form of capitalism, the commercialization of DNA, a better way to globalise, the problem with austerity, the world according to Felix Zulauf, and Canada’s aboriginal challenges.

The crisis in developed country capitalism – mostly because of poorly regulated financial markets, financially illiterate consumers, and tax systems that amplify unequal outcomes – has led normally sanguine and sage commentators to look at manipulated economies with envy.

The Economist -- The visible hand
The crisis of Western liberal capitalism has coincided with the rise of a powerful new form of state capitalism in emerging markets.

The price of gene sequencing is falling.

Financial Times -- DNA technology to move into mainstream
DNA has been at the heart of Roche’s diagnostics business for 20 years.

Managing globalisation.

Project Syndicate – Taking Back Globalisation
The World Economic Forum’s annual gathering is normally little more than a toast to the benefits of increasing global GDP, trade, and investment.

Austerity during a balance sheet recession has its dangers.

Guardian -- The economy: the state we're in
The real significance of the news that GDP is shrinking is confirmation of the damage austerity measures are doing to the economy.

A slowing global economy because of the structural impediments to growth.

Charlie Fell – More Trouble Ahead?
Last May, at the 64th CFA Institute Annual Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, veteran investor Felix Zulauf laid out a number of bearish predictions that have largely proved to be on the money.

Much the same as this.

2012: The Year of Living Dangerously

Its complicated.

Globe and Mail -- Two acts, no treaties for B.C.'s first nations
From British Columbia, the view of the Crown/first nations gathering is decidedly different.