It isn't just wealth. And it isn't just control over people or resources. No, true power is a potent combination of money and influence that enables people to help shape the world. But only a select group of people really possess the economic and political clout to effect global change. For better or worse, their decisions affect millions, shake industries, and change nations.
Business Insider has compiled the following list of the world's most powerful people — heads of state, billionaires, CEOs, and entertainers. To determine the ranking, we considered more than 100 of the most influential players in business, politics, and entertainment, and we evaluated their influence by using metrics in four major areas: economic power, command, newsworthiness, and impact — a subjective measure that captures how important they are in their respective spheres.
WNU editor: How times have changed. In the past I would always put the U.S. President on top of the list .... this year .... for the first time ever .... I am questioning myself if he belongs there.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-could-be-prosecuted-for-war-crimes-over-missiles-sold-to-saudi-arabia-that-were-used-to-kill-a6752166.html
ReplyDeleteToo powerful to be indicted, that's for sure.
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ReplyDeleteThe need for the top # lists has reached a new low with this article. Business Insider uses young people with little journalistic chops to digest and churn out articles the subject of which they have little understanding. For example, the lead author:
ReplyDelete"Emmie Martin
Emmie is a lists and features reporter at Business Insider. She previously wrote for the strategy and careers verticals. She graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in magazine journalism.
Emmie lives in New York City."
Any person trained in primary production journalism and history would immediately understand that the authors are using inappropriate metrics, metrics that the reader can neither access or evaluate.
In terms of impact, I would refer the readers to ground zero. That is any country and its leader that possesses nuclear weapons has the potential to impact the world permanently, unlike the oligarchs who control the financial resources. One can recover from a recession, not a nuclear strike.
Mr. Obama is a lightweight president who has poorly served this country. However, he has the codes and that makes him one of the most powerful people in the world. Any list that compares the power of Mr. Obama against a financial oligarch for permanence of their potential impact on the world is absurd.
BI needs to start hiring adults to do real analysis, not pablum production.
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ReplyDeleteObama is as powerful as the eye of a hurricane...
ReplyDeleteor the vacuum outside a space station that has sprung a leak.
Boxer Rubin Carter was called "The Hurricane".
We can call Obama "Eye of the Hurricane."
Lots of snark from those without any power but the keyboard
ReplyDeleteObama is powerful?
ReplyDeletePowerful yes. Spirited force no
ReplyDeleteOnly I have the force be with me
Powerful yes. Spirited force no
ReplyDeleteOnly I have the force be with me