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Should Investors Fear A Second Market Crash?
The 2020 stock market crash was as exponential as it was sudden, with huge entities such as the…
The US Economy Is Reliant On Consumer Spending – Can It Survive A Pandemic?
The COVID-19 pandemic has radically affected the American economy, reducing spending by American households on materials goods, air…
How Influential Are Economic Policies On The US Presidential Election Odds?
The US election is heating up with incumbent Donald Trump fighting to ‘win four more years’ against Democratic…
This Century Will See Massive Shifts In The Global Population, Economy, And Power Structure
A lot of the predictions we hear about the future involve a hot, crowded planet, one where we…
5 Recession Proof Industries
There are many reasons why you might be considering a career change. Perhaps you are sick of your…
The Biggest Economies In The World
These are the countries with the highest global GDP according to the International Monetary Fund. China is the…
A Radical Legal Ideology Nurtured Our Era Of Economic Inequality
Where does economic power come from? Does it exist independently of the law? It seems obvious, even undeniable,…
Industries With The Highest Rate Of Unemployment
Despite the eased coronavirus restrictions, these U.S. industries continue to struggle for their survival. National unemployment rate declined…
Prioritizing Health: A Prescription For Prosperity
How can the prioritisation of our health systems help us in rebuilding the post-pandemic economy? Now with nearly…
Best Business Ideas To Launch During Tough Economic Times
Our nation’s economy is bound to go through a lot of ups and downs. You may be a…
To Save Lives Or To Save Jobs — Which Do People Think Should Come First In This Pandemic?
A survey reveals what global markets think the government should prioritise amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Globally, the public…
How The U.S. Dollar Spread Across The World
How did the U.S. dollar obtain its status as the world’s most powerful currency? The U.S dollar is…
Money Morning Predicts Economic Impacts Of COVID-19
The shutdown of several businesses and the lack of spending by fearful citizens has had a devastating effect…
The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Making The Rich Richer
While millions are struggling to survive amid the pandemic, the rich are gaining more wealth. This is based…
The State Of Global Peace In 2020
Which countries have the highest and lowest levels of peace? How can COVID-19 affect peace? European countries occupy…
Why Tradesmen Are Vital To Our Economy
Many countries are currently facing a decline in skilled laborers. This trend is likely to continue, and yet,…
What You Need To Know About The Racial Wealth Gap In America
Here are some figures revealing just how big the wealth gap is between different races. The on-going Black…
Coronavirus Wreaks Havoc On Economic Growth Prospects
The world is about to experience the deepest recession in decades, World Bank forecasts reveal. The shocks due…
Global Poverty: Coronavirus Could Drive It Up For The First Time Since The 1990s
As COVID-19 slows in developed countries, the virus’s spread is speeding up in the developing world. Three-quarters of…
COVID-19: Which Economies Are Reopening
Some countries are gradually lifting their lockdown measures in an attempt to jump-start their economies. After months of…
Impact Of COVID-19 On The Global Financial System
Amid COVID-19, global financial systems have been a source of both support and potential risks. During the on-going…
How Global Central Banks Are Responding To COVID-19
With a global pandemic sending tremors to the economic landscape, central banks are taking action. Central banks are…
How COVID-19 Is Reversing The Progress In The Fight Against Global Poverty
Various forecasts suggest that years worth of poverty reduction are slowly being negated by COVID-19. Forecasts from multiple…
All Of The World’s Wealth In One Visualization
If all of the world’s wealth were lumped together, how much would it be worth? Global wealth in…
Here’s How Industries Shape Cities And Economies
As data and mobility erase physical constraints, the shape of cities facilitates innovation and growth. By 2050, 68%…
U.S. States Offering The Most Coronavirus Support
Which U.S. states are ready to help those at-risk due to the COVID-19 pandemic? With over 3.6 million…
Global GDP To Plummet 3% In 2020 Due To Coronavirus Pandemic — IMF
With COVID-19 capsizing the global economy, GDP is expected to dive into a deep plunge. The global gross…
COVID-19, Debt, And The Politics Of Austerity
Numbered are the certainties in this coronavirus pandemic. Among these are unprecedented levels of debt. Even before the…
How The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Disrupting The Global Stock Market
The COVID-19 pandemic is swiftly rewriting the landscape of the stock market into a tragedy. 2.9 million people…
What Just Happened To The Price Of Oil?
We have just witnessed an oil price crash like never before taking prices of West Texas Intermediate into…
Who’s Most Vulnerable To COVID-19’s Impact On Tourism?
COVID-19 has hurt the world’s economies. However, tourism-dependent countries are more vulnerable to economic fallout. The number of…
The World’s Leading Financial Centres
Z/Yen Partners in collaboration with the China Development Institute (CDI) released the 2020 edition of the Global Financial…
OPEC+ Ends Oil Price War With A Historic Deal
The coronavirus pandemic has brought massive shocks across the stock market. Adding fuel to the fire, an oil…
What Will The World Be Like After Coronavirus? Four Possible Futures
Where will we be in six months, a year, ten years from now? I lie awake at night…
The World In 2050: How Will The Global Economic Order Change By 2050?
What will happen to the world economy by the year 2050? PwC published some long-term predictions for the…
Corporate Socialism: The Government Is Bailing Out Investors And Managers Not You
The U.S. government is enacting measures to save the airlines, Boeing, and similarly affected corporations. While we clearly…
The Economic, Geopolitical And Health Consequences Of COVID-19
What started as an outbreak in China near the end of 2019 has now developed globally. Last week,…
The Economic Burden Of Air Pollution
Fossil fuels are the most commonly used form of energy. As of 2019, 81% of the energy used…
To Help Solve Global Problems, Look To Developing Countries
Global issues are growing in complexity. With this, we need as much brainpower as we can possibly leverage.…
Coronavirus: Are We Heading For A Global Recession?
If the deaths caused by the recent COVID-19 outbreak aren’t already enough, there are escalating fears that this…
Which Countries Achieved Economic Growth? And Why Does It Matter?
The average person at present is about four times richer than the average person back in 1950, according…
The Most Innovative Economies In The World
Singapore is the third most innovative economy in the world for the year 2020, according to this year’s…
These Are The 5 Major Risks That Will Impact 2020 On A Global Scale
According to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the latest edition of The Global Risks Report 2020 these…
Unlocking Technology For The Global Goals
Existing Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) innovations have the potential to accelerate the attainment of 10 out of the…
These Are The 6 Policy Changes Needed In 2020, According To Chief Economists
The new decade is quite fragile in terms of the state of the world economy. In order to solidify…
Australia’s Bushfires Are A Wake-Up Call: We Must Build A More Humane Economy Before It’s Too Late
Economists used to admire scientists. Now they ignore them at our peril. Back in the 1800s, scholars in…
The Debacle Of GDP: How Our Digital Economy Renders The Legacy Metric Of Bounty Obsolete
Despite the attention given by economists and politicians to the GDP as a measure of economic activity —…
The Squaring Truth About Circular Economies
The concept of a circular economy has been steadily gaining momentum as of recent years. While on the…
Why Aren’t Americans Rising Up Like The People Of Chile And Lebanon?
With more Americans demanding an alternative to a system that doesn’t serve their needs, the tinder for a…
Environmental Stress Is Already Causing Death – This Chaos Map Shows Where
Over 12 days at the start of October 2019 eight people were killed, more than 1,300 injured and…