Stephen Archer is a business analyst and director of Spring Partnerships, a UK business consultancy that advises companies like Carlsberg, GE Healthcare, Disney and others about their leadership and corporate strategy.
The recession of the last four years has been abnormal in many ways but one sign of normality is appearing – the US being the beacon of wider global recovery.
The most extraordinary thing about the eurozone crisis today is not the scale of the problem but the apparent impotence of EU political and financial leaders to do enough about it.