World Economic ForumPlay buttonEconomics 5 new female-led companies achieve billion-dollar statusweforum.org - Derek Beres Unicorns are mythical creatures that captured popular imagination long ago — and even today! In the business world, unicorn companies are an …
World Economic ForumDigital Economy Economists risk extinction unless they embrace digital transformationweforum.org - Diane Coyle Mainstream economics has largely failed to keep up with the rapid pace of digital transformation, and it is struggling to find practical ways to …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum Japan faces serious demographic challenges in the coming decades – here’s how it can copeweforum.org - Sagiri Kitao Japan leads the advanced economies in the speed and magnitude of demographic ageing and has the highest debt-to-output ratio. Rising social insurance …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum What the rise of powerful companies means for the open marketweforum.org - IMF Blog People are concerned that the rising power of big successful companies could lower capital investment, weaken productivity, and reduce people’s …
World Economic ForumBhutan Why we need to choose happiness over economicsweforum.org - Christopher Boyce Our knowledge about what it is that people need to feel happy and satisfied with in their lives keeps growing, yet the extent to which people …
World Economic ForumRetirement Planning A quarter of Americans have no retirement savingsweforum.org - Charlotte Edmond A quarter of non-retired adult Americans have no retirement savings or pension at all. Only 36% think their savings are on track. While financial …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum Retirees will outlive their savings by a decadeweforum.org - Johnny Wood The good news for many of the world’s major economies is that people are living longer. But with longevity comes challenges - and a new report …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum How group psychology is driving global political turmoilweforum.org - Nicola Gennaioli In the last few decades, the political systems of advanced democracies have witnessed momentous changes. Nationalism and populism have gained support …
World Economic ForumPlay buttonFeminism There isn't a single country on track to make the UN's targets for gender equalityweforum.org - Charlotte Edmond There isn’t a country in the world that’s currently set to achieve gender equality by the UN’s target of 2030. Not a single nation is doing enough to …
World Economic ForumCholera How we can defeat cholera for goodweforum.org - Anita Zaidi When Cyclone Idai ripped through Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe on the night of March 14, it wrought unimaginable devastation and claimed more than …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum Christine Lagarde: How to help, not hinder global growthweforum.org - Christine Lagarde As the G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors gather this week in Fukuoka, they can take inspiration from their host city. Known as …
World Economic ForumGlobalization How can we make globalization work for Africa?weforum.org - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala The current backlash against globalization, most notably from working-class citizens in advanced economies who are worried about stagnant wages and …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum Teaching kids about money? Don’t forget givingweforum.org - Alexis Blue One of the most valuable lessons parents can teach their children about money might be how to give it away. A new study explores how financial-giving …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum Using public-private partnerships to tackle extreme povertyweforum.org - Knowledge @Wharton Attracting private capital is a critical complement to government financing if the 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development that the United …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum These are the world's most competitive economiesweforum.org - Allana Akhtar • The US no longer has the world's most competitive economy. • Singapore and Hong Kong overtook the US for the top spots in this year's IMD World …
World Economic ForumTariffs Who gains when the US and China fight over trade?weforum.org - Douglas Broom China and the United States are at a trade stand-off after both countries have implemented hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs on each other's …
World Economic ForumKeynesian Economics What Keynes can teach us about government debt todayweforum.org - Linda Yueh John Maynard Keynes, the British economist whose theories dominated the industrial postwar West, argued for government spending as a means to …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum The world's first vaccine for humans and livestock is being developedweforum.org - George Warimwe If ever there were proof that humans are animals too, it’s in the diseases that we share with other species. From rabies and Zika to Ebola and bird …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum Why your next work meeting should be a ‘walk-and-talk’weforum.org - Sean Fleming If you’ve worked in an office environment, you’ll probably be aware of how easily just a few meetings can eat into your time. Some meetings are …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum Encouraging gender equality isn’t just moral – it’s also good economicsweforum.org - Jörg Baten Looking at recent growth successes and failures, some of the positive stories of economies were characterised by relatively high female autonomy: …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum South Africa’s cabinet is now 50% women for the first time everweforum.org - Sean Fleming For the first time in South Africa’s history, women now make up half of the government's cabinet, following changes implemented by recently-elected …
World Economic ForumNASA This is NASA new plan for the future of space explorationweforum.org - Victor Tangermann NASA asked 12 spaceflight companies, including Blue Origin and Boeing, to study the future of commercial spaceflight in space — a bid to build a …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum Any global movement towards curbing workplace harassment should include LGBT+ protectionsweforum.org - Nathaniel Popper A global treaty aimed at protecting workers from violence and harassment is expected to be agreed next month, though some "tricky" issues remain, the …
World Economic ForumGDP Facebook is free, but should it count toward GDP anyway?weforum.org - Peter Dizikes For several decades, gross domestic product (GDP), a sum of the value of purchased goods, has been a ubiquitous yardstick of economic activity. More …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum There's a changing of the guard at the ECB. Here's what it'll mean for the bank and beyondweforum.org - Lucrezia Reichlin After steering the eurozone through a decade of crises, the top leaders of the European Central Bank are now on their way out. Their successors will …
World Economic ForumPlay buttonDigital Economy 4 ways Africa can prepare its youth for the digital economyweforum.org - Simbarashe Moyo More than ever, it is vital for Africa to prepare her youth for the digital economy and the future of work. The World Development Report 2019 notes …
World Economic ForumGDP This is why countries with high debt are stuck in a 'doom loop'weforum.org - Cinzia Alcidi The view that deficits and higher public debt can be beneficial received an important boost via Olivier Blanchard’s 2019 presidential address at the …
World Economic ForumChina The global consequences of a Sino-American Cold Warweforum.org - Nouriel Roubini What started as a trade war between the United States and China is quickly escalating into a death match for global economic, technological, and …
World Economic ForumEmerging Markets Designing labor policies to foster inclusive growth in emerging marketsweforum.org - Romain Duval Emerging market economies have enjoyed good growth in recent decades but are still far from closing gaps in living standards with advanced economies. …
