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  1. If you’ve been lamenting the state of America, take heart….

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    They’re still really good at some things. For example, they have more entrepreneurs – people who organise and operate businesses – than any other country in the world. About one of every 13 Americans is an entrepreneur, according to The Economist. That’s almost 7.5 percent of the population! The Netherlands isn’t too far behind in the ratio of entrepreneurs to population at large (about 6.5 percent). However, less than 4 percent of us Brits are entrepreneurs and less than 3 percent of the citizens of France, Sweden, and Germany are so inclined.

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  2. The Next Big Things

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    In May, The McKinsey Global Institute released its latest thinking on disruptive technologies. That is, technological advances which have the potential to disrupt the status quo and transform life, business, and the global economy as we know it. Among the dozen technologies mentioned in the report were;

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