Murali Thoota's  Instablog

Gallup conducts an annual survey to gauge Americans' feelings about business and industry sectors. Here are some observations from 9 years of data:

Always Negative:
· Oil and Gas Industry
· Healthcare Industry
· The Legal Field

Always Positive:
· Computer
· Farming and Agriculture
· Travel Industry
· Retail Industry

Pharmaceutical and Federal Government were negative in all years, except one.

Banking was always positive until 2007; Went into red in 2008 and 2009. Do people ever change their perceptions ? Yes, they do; Banking is one of the key examples that demonstrate this. A change from positive to negative might be quick one !!!

http://thoota.blogspot.com/2009/09/peoples-perseption-on-industry.html

The announcement of G8 being dissolved and G20 elevated as the de facto forum for dialog on economic cooperation is a historic shift in geo-political and economic sense. Though geographically the center of gravity shifted slightly (moved into Eastern Hemisphere – see map), the key players will still have undue influence on the total Group. G8 controlled 60% of the world GDP. By embracing G20, the membership went up by 150% but the contribution of GDP went up only by a marginal 33%. Is this a tactical move played by the G8 countries to further fuel growth in their own economies? We can’t say. But one thing is sure – the Group is now more representative. G20 represents more than 66% of the world’s population vis-à-vis G8’s 14%.

We have to see how successful the G20 would be – with more members the group dynamics change and it would be difficult to building consensus.





(M represents Center of Mass)