Perspectives On the Economy

Making a Case for Optimism

by Tapan Munroe - June 14, 2009

These are not the best of times. The economy has been in a recession for the past 18 months. We have endured a housing meltdown and a nerve shattering global financial market bust. There is much doom and gloom in the media and in the highly partisan political scene. Despite all the hand wringing and chest beating, there is a case for optimism and there is hope for our economic future.

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Healthcare Needs More Technology
May 21st, 2009
Healthcare's Positive Sea Change
May 15th, 2009
Healthcare is Unsustainable in America
May 6th, 2009

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Recent Speaking Engagements

“Economic Outlook 2009 and Beyond”
Central California Business & Finance Group, Fresno, California, 12.03.08

“The Crucial Importance of Innovation in Today's Economy”
RETA Congress, Malaga, Spain, 11.17.08

“Ecology of Innovation—Implications for Science Parks”
University of Girona, Science and Technology Park, Girona Spain, 11.07.08

“Understanding Silicon Valley—The World Class Ecology of Innovation”
Spanish Association of Science Parks (APTE) Annual Conference, Orense, Spain, 11.05.08

“Impact of the 2008 Recession on Silicon Valley”
DIAG Conference, Palo Alto, California, 10.02.08

Presentations

	The Economy in 2008 and Beyond January 18, 2008
	The Economy in 2008 and Beyond September 24th, 2008

Silicon Valley: The Ecology of Innovation

New Release!

What Makes Silicon Valley
Tick?

by Tapan Munroe
& Mark Westwind

This thriving high-tech region in the southern San Francisco Bay Area is a unique economic environment where bold, new ideas compete and then are transformed into products and services that reshape our world. At the heart of this book are the key elements that make up the core of the Valley’s innovation ecosystem.

Published by Nova Vista Publishing

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Understanding the Dot-Com Boom, Bust & Resurgence

Available Now!

Dot-Com
to Dot-Bomb

Understanding the
Dot-Com Boom, Bust
& Resurgence

by Tapan Munroe

The rush to cash in on the Dot-com Gold Rush was on. But there were serious problems. The dot-com bubble follows the classic pattern of speculative bubbles that economies around the world have experienced for centuries.

Published by Moraga Press

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