Have a look at this example of a superb presentation about big picture global and other economic trends, by Niall Ferguson.

It’s all very well going on about the annoying features of PowerPoint, many of which are indeed annoying.

But how could the wealth of insight and information contained in this skilled presentation be put to the audience on the day and more widely without the vivid graphs and accompanying cartoons and images?

You can watch the masterful presentation itself here. Niall Ferguson starts after some nine minutes.

And listen to how he explained debt issues, in the context of a key idea – that whereas we think that empires decline and fall fairly slowly, financial ruin these days can come out of a clear blue sky as the burden of unsustainable policies compounds up…