A global misunderstanding of the value of "intangible" ideas
There have been some interesting stories in the news about Europe's ongoing struggle for unity. There is a digital age under-current to this story that is not making news, a digital reason why some European countries are recovering and some are not. But where Greece seems unconscious of the problem, Spain would seem more hopeful, yet I have struggled to find the digital companies and entrepreneurs in Spain ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) that can show the way forward. The surface political problem is relatively clear as these two stories reveal. Spain’s Yearnings Are Now Its Agony http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/opinion/sunday/spains-yearnings-are-now-its-agony.html?_r=1 Why breaking up the eurozone could be painful http://business.financialpost.com/2012/05/18/why-breaking-up-the-eurozone-would-be-painful / What is missing from this analysis by news reporters with tight deadlines and insufficient vision is the invisible global transition of power from finance and manufacturing cent