#55 The Weekend Economist Dot Com

Dear Readers,

We would like to bring your attention to the recent launching of our new dot com site: www.weekendeconomist.com!

This blog will continue to operate as usual and remains the flagship of the Weekend Economist Group. The World Beyond the Weekend Economist will also continue to serve its current purpose.

The principle function of the dot com site is to serve as an umbrella site for all the other elements of the Weekend Economist. Except for the blogs, for instance, the dot com site offers a WE Contribute section, where you can find out more about the Guest Authors and Editors that make up the Weekend Economist Group. The site also provides the latest news about what is going on at the Weekend Economist (WE News) and offers you a fun place to express your thoughts on world affairs in our global forum, sign our guestbook, or take part in a number of entertaining polls (WE Interact). In fact, there is a poll running right now about which global leader is most worthy of reverence, so please come and vote here! Additionally, WE Friends provides a number of links to sites that are well worth your time, while WE Sources is where we provide links to some of the world's top resources on financial, economic and political reporting. Finally, We Contact allows you to get in touch with us if you have any questions, requests, or would like to join the Weekend Economist Publishing Team.

So please have a look at our new site and explore, engage and interact! WE look forward to seeing you regularly,

The Weekend Economist Group

#1 Introduction to the Weekend Economist "Quaerere Verum"

Welcome to Weekend Economist "Quaerere Verum!"

The Weekend Economist "Quaerere Verum" is a part of the greater Weekend Economist, which is an interactive space aimed at being both a source of information and a place for discussion on developing stories related to Economics, Business, Technology, Finance and Geo-politics. The Weekend Economist is aimed at global citizens who want to expand their scope and understanding of global affairs, without a necessary background in these disciplines.

The Weekend Economist draws its research from a range of sources, including the Financial Times, Forbes.com, The Economist, Wall Street Journal, BBC News, Financieel Dagblad (Dutch) and various academic publications. Various academic journals and publications are also addressed so as to ensure the quality of the references.

The Editors are Dutch born Jeroen van Bommel, BA/MA, and internationally raised Benjamin Valk, BA/BSc/MScBA.

Jeroen is based in the Netherlands and specializes in Political Economy, Science & Technology and Finance. Jeroen is also currently secretary to the Roosevelt Institute of the Netherlands and the European liaison for policy management on sustainable energy.

Benjamin is currently based in Japan and specializes in international political and business affairs. At the moment he is conducting research at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University.

Readers are encouraged to comment on the articles posted on the Weekend Economist, as well as to submit their own articles for publication. Please send you articles to the following email address: weekendeconomist@gmail.com. If there is a particular topic of interest relevant to this site that you would like us to write about, please don't hesitate to ask and we will be glad to meet your request.

We hope you enjoy our site! Pleasant reading (and contributing!),

Benjamin Valk & Jeroen van Bommel