Millennials Here's how your generation affects your attitude to moneyweforum.org - Jeff Desjardins This is partially due to the fact that each cohort finds itself on a distinct leg of life’s journey. While boomers focus on retirement, Gen Zers are …
World Economic Forum 5 things weighing on the world economy, according to the IMFweforum.org - Rosamond Hutt “Sluggish and precarious. But it doesn’t have to be this way because some of this is self-inflicted.” That’s how the International Monetary Fund’s …
Fourth Industrial Revolution Almost all businesses expect to face a crisis. And how they deal with them really countsweforum.org - Sean Fleming Death and taxes. Two of life’s great certainties. But maybe it’s time to add another to the list – corporate crises. After all, according to PwC, you …
Banking Are the reputations of central banks at risk?weforum.org - Jon Danielsson Central banks have continued to accumulate new job functions since the crisis of 2008. Recent events in Iceland point to the risk of such domain …
Economics The evolution of international trade finance explainedweforum.org - Olivier Accominotti The Global Crisis of 2007/8 was followed by a sudden and unprecedented contraction of world trade – an episode known as the Great Trade Collapse …
Economic Development 6 of the world’s ten fastest-growing economies are in Africaweforum.org - Landry Signé At a time when the United States, once a standard bearer of multilateralism, is embracing protectionism, Africa has taken a bold step in the opposite …
Social Justice Why society is paying the price of inequalityweforum.org - Mike Brewer When high levels of inequality are pointed out, a common response is that the “politics of envy” are being deployed. I heard the phrase myself when I …
Libraries Where do libraries loan out the most books?weforum.org - Niall McCarthy Where do libraries loan out the most books? Interestingly, there are actually statistics about the number of books loaned every year in major cities …
World Economic Forum In 2020, Asian economies will become larger than the rest of the world combined - here's howweforum.org - Wang Huiyao The re-emergence of Asia is among the most important shifts that will occur in our lifetimes. Next year, in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms, Asian …
Mortgages This Danish bank is offering mortgages with a negative interest rateweforum.org - Will Martin A bank in Denmark is offering borrowers mortgages at a negative interest rate, effectively paying its customers to borrow money for a house …
Economics How not to think about job creationweforum.org - Ricardo Hausmann Just because a tire is flat at the bottom does not mean that the hole is there. The same can be said about labor markets. Concern about the scarcity …
World Economic Forum Unease about the US-China trade war concerns economistsweforum.org - Shrutee Sarkar A global economic growth rut risks deepening, despite expectations that major central banks will cut rates or ease policy further, according to …
China The trillion-dollar value of a global Chinaweforum.org - Jonathan Woetzel At a time when the risks of international engagement are more obvious than ever, China faces important questions about whether – and to what extent – …
World Economic Forum Tourist hot-spots are cracking down on visitors as they become victims of their own successweforum.org - Emma Batha It is not the sheer number of tourists descending on Venice that bothers Italian food blogger Monica Cesarato so much as the type of visitor. Not so …
Inflation These are the countries with the highest inflationweforum.org - Douglas Broom The rate of inflation has a big impact on your financial situation, affecting mortgage payments, savings and the cost of your weekly shopping. How the …
World Economic Forum Why the US dollar is still seen as the world's currencyweforum.org - Felix Richter While there is officially no such thing as a world currency, the U.S. dollar still is the closest thing to being just that. It may no longer be as …
GDP There's a gap between what experts say and what we see around us. Can we close it?weforum.org - Joseph E. Stiglitz There’s no point telling somebody who grows more desperate as each bill falls due that the overall economic situation is improving or to take a …
Economics The EU’s proposal for earmarked parental leave will have a major impact on gender equalityweforum.org - Jeppe Drudahl The stark difference in average earnings between men and women in many western countries hovers around 15%, drawing the attention of politicians and …
Economics Want to add trillions to the global economy? Back female foundersweforum.org - Sarah Shearman Increasing support for female entrepreneurs could boost the global economy by trillions of dollars, according to research released on Tuesday that …
Economics Why has growth stalled in Latin America and the Caribbean?weforum.org - Alejandro Werner Economic activity in Latin America and the Caribbean remains sluggish. Real GDP is expected to grow by 0.6 percent in 2019—the slowest rate since …
Sustainability Unlocking sustainable growth in the world's poorest countriesweforum.org - Alejandro Litovsky The field of financing for sustainable development is experiencing something of a golden age. Each month brings more news of global private …
Economics A boom in Benjamins – the US $100 Bill is being used more oftenweforum.org - IMFblog A curious thing has happened in US currency: the $100 bill recently overtook the ubiquitous $1 bill in circulation volume, for the first time in …
World Economic Forum Can we create an empathic alternative to the capitalist system?weforum.org - Murilo Johas Menezes Any attempt to propose a detailed alternative to the capitalist economic system in a short article could be seen as somewhat presumptuous. How …
Currency How can technology end currency wars?weforum.org - Harold James The terrible experience of the 1930s should remind us that trade and currency wars go together like a horse and carriage. Now that US President …
Airports These airports are now opening their doors to non-fliersweforum.org - Douglas Broom Long queues, crowded departure lounges, tight security – airports aren’t always the most welcoming of places. But with an abundance of shops, …
Economics The fall of the economists’ empireweforum.org - Robert Skidelsky The historian Norman Stone, who died in June, always insisted that history students learn foreign languages. Language gives access to a people’s …
Economics Why policymakers need to form decisions around what they don't knowweforum.org - Lars Peter Hansen . . . being based on so flimsy a foundation, a practical theory of the future . . . is subject to sudden and violent changes. John Maynard Keynes …
China What’s Really Behind China’s Falling GDPweforum.org - Knowledge @Wharton The headlines grabbed attention: “China’s economy grows at slowest rate in nearly 30 years,” noted the Financial Times in a typical example. China’s …
Economics Is it time up for the gig economy?weforum.org - Nikhil Datta There has been an increase in the number of workers engaged in atypical work arrangements across the UK and the US. In the UK, the proportion of …
