David Dike

by Damon de Laszlo, ERC Chairman   I was mildly optimistic last month, having hoped that the diminished impact of supply chain disruptions on inflation and the return of job vacancies towards normal levels indicated stabilizing conditions. It was also my hope that forecasts for the US deficit would begin to show steadiness. However, unnerving […]

by Damon de Laszlo, ERC Chairman   Another month and another stock market peak, largely driven by the euphoria around the so-called Magnificent Seven, riding the AI boom. Another month in which those living in Gaza have had their homes and infrastructure mercilessly pounded as well as being cut off from humanitarian aid and food […]

by Damon de Laszlo, ERC Chairman   We are living in a bizarre world where pressures are building in different spheres.   The mood in general is pessimistic but the world seems to trundle along without seriously attempting to address the pressure points, while at the same time acknowledging them to be there.  Money is poured […]

by Damon de Laszlo, ERC Chairman   One ended 2023 with a hope that the Season of Goodwill might have some impact, however small, on the two humanitarian disasters being created in Ukraine by Russia and Palestine by Israel. Two conflicts that are the results of long-term friction and strife between the four countries involved.  […]

by Damon de Laszlo, ERC Chairman   Since October, two terrorist incursions, in Ukraine and Israel, have bogged down into wars of attrition.  The final outcome of either is not at all clear, as both conflicts are the result of enormously complex histories and are subject to Western political and financial support.  The support in […]

by Damon de Laszlo, ERC Chairman   Since September the pattern of worries that we had settled into following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been suspended by Hamas’s lightening attack on Israel.  Two States – one large, one small – headed by terrorist leaders seem to show that the world order has taken a dramatic […]