I have in my pocket a $10 trillion dollar bill – printed in Zimbabwe a few weeks ago, but when I was there, not enough to buy half a loaf of bread. Country hit by inflation running of 1 billion % a year. Zimbabwe experience puts global economic crisis into context.  I'm a Futurist, an advisor to many of the world's largest banks on global trends, and a keynote speaker at many of their most important events.

At a time of global fears about inflation (2007-8) and deflation (2009) it is good to look at the wider picture, why life will continue relatively unchanged for most people, why we are likely to see inflation become a major problem again, and why we are likely to see political instability in some nations, and even fall of governments.

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