The School of Global Recovery: An academy to teach the management of a Dark Decade - Softcover

Houston, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908756713 ISBN 13: 9781908756718

Publisher: ADVFN Books, 2016

Synopsis

The SOGR was set up to teach how to successfully negotiate a dark decade and manage the transition through to the Digital Age.

The principal of the School, William Houston, explains why the efforts of politicians to balance their books are unlikely to succeed while keeping the present superstructure of the state which has grown at the expense of rising debt. With the world suffering some of the greatest natural and man-made imbalances ever, the result is a watershed in global affairs that has not been present for centuries. These events are driving many people in the Western World into a sense of despair that is endangering their jobs, homes, savings and pensions.

However, through the manageable darkness will emerge the Digital Age when every person will have the possibility of having the dignity of making their own contribution.

The aim of SOGR is to explain how we can get out of the mess and advance into the uplands of the Digital Age. It provides a guide for all those in any sort of authority, setting out courses of action in the hope that a dark age in human affairs may be passed through with the minimum of human suffering.

“William Houston is a master at seeing the relevance of the lessons of history to the present day problems. His previous books have been full of predictions of developments that have now become reality. He is now able to set out a teaching course to help the world pull out of the problems it has gotten into. This instruction will be of interest to all who hope to survive the bear market.” Robin Griffiths, Chief Strategist of the ECU Group and former chairman of the International Society of Technical Analysts

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About the Author

William Houston joined the Royal Navy at the end of the Second World War and specialised in weapons. After leaving the Service, he qualified as a Chartered Engineer and in administration before embarking on a career as a 'company doctor' - advising a large range of industrial and commercial concerns. There followed a period acting as industrial advisor to a City merchant bank. His first book Avoiding Adversity was published in 1989 warning businessmen of the coming recession, shortly to be followed by Meltdown and Riding the Business Cycle that warned of the growing disruption that would take place early in the next century. Robin Griffiths joined Phillips & Drew in 1966, having taken a degree in Economics at Nottingham University. He went on to be a partner at WI Carr, the first British stock broker to have offices in Hong Kong and Tokyo. Part of this firm was acquired by Grieveson Grant, with whom Robin enjoyed a stay in Japan. In 1986 Robin joined James Capel, which was already owned by HSBC. He stayed there until normal retirement age, and during that period travelled all over the world to meet their extended client base. For the last six years of that employment Robin was resident in New York. Having left HSBC Investment Bank in 2002, Robin then joined Rathbones as Head of Global Investment Strategy, where he stayed until 2008. He is currently the Technical Strategist for Cazenove Capital and manages the Worldwide Absolute Return hedge fund. Robin has been a regular on CNN, CNBC, Reuters and Bloomberg TV. He is a committee member and former chairman of the international Federation of Technical Analysts, and former chairman, now fellow, of the British Society of Technical Analysts. A keen sailor, Robin has crossed the Atlantic five times, setting a new British record in 1984 with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston.

Edition details

• Publisher: ADVFN Books
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908756713
• ISBN 13: 9781908756718
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 40