Alex Singleton

I was on Al Jazeera International yesterday discussing the case for globalisation in the light of the World Economic Forum which is being held at the moment. I argued that developing countries that have opened to globalisation have gained huge improvements in living standards, while those that have remained relatively closed have been left behind. […]

One of the most important pro-globalisation policies a country can enact is to allow competition in the telecoms sector. Africa is benefitting immensely from competing mobile phone networks, but landline services and internet connections still leave much to be desired. Britain’s 1984 privatisation of the state-run telecoms company has been a great blessing. We no […]

I was on BBC1’s Heaven and Earth Show With Gloria Hunniford on Sunday morning to discuss the week’s news. One of the topics I spoke about was that of conflict diamonds. It is a hot topic at the moment because of the new film Blood Diamond which I went to see in London’s West End […]

The Economist has a very interesting section in its current issue (February 10th Edition) on the subject of European business and how it is or can adopt to the challenges of globalisation. In one article, it discusses how private equity firms buying up failing firms can give them a much-needed shake-up. For example, Germany’s answer […]

Energy efficient lightbulbs and eco-friendly detergents have become really rather good. In the past, energy-efficient lightbulbs took ages to warm up and were irritating, and green detergents were not good enough at cleaning. But because they’ve had to compete against more traditional products, the marketplace has pushed the companies that produce them to make them […]