11 Quotes by Jeff Rubin

At the end of the day, we supported globalization because we wanted to be able to buy cheaper computers, cheaper vehicles, cheaper clothes and cheaper furniture. Wal-Mart parking lots were jammed with North American workers buying bargain-basement-priced goods made in China even if in the process they were shopping themselves right out of their own jobs.

What we're looking at this year is an exponential increase in interest in alternative spring breaks.

Universities are increasingly opening Kosher dining facilities because they recognize that it shows their interest in recruiting and keeping Jewish students. More parents looking at schools are asking a threshold question of whether there is a Hillel on campus.

What you need is backup protection, a way to destroy the data if the machine is stolen, and encryption. With our data destruction, it's like the laptop will swallow cyanide.

They are getting a little help, but nothing near the amount of help that would make a difference. I liken it to having a dose of penicillin for one person and distributing it to 10 people. No one gets cured.

There will be increased merger activity as global energy companies find buying proven reserves more promising than exploration and development.

In three months the now placid waters of the Gulf of Mexico will begin to stir. It could be another stormy year.

We're in a world of triple-digit oil prices for the foreseeable future,

Get ready for a smaller world. Soon, your food is going to come from a field much closer to home, and the things you buy will probably come from a factory down the road rather than one on the other side of the world. You will almost certainly drive less and walk more, and that means you will be shopping and working closer to home. Your neighbours and your neighbourhood are about to get a lot more important in the smaller tworld of the none-too-distant-future.