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Tiny Titans. Honouring MSMEs, The Unseen Engines Of the Global Economy.
The annals of history are dominated by tales of corporate behemoths, of industry titans that have shaped our…
Top 5 Books To Read This 2023
As we welcome the new year 2023, gain new knowledge and fresh insights with these five recommended books…
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…
4 Emerging Trends And Challenges For Renewable Energy In 2020
Economic slowdown, trade tensions, and recently, a global pandemic are some challenges that can impede the growth of…
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…
Coronavirus: A Pandemic In The Age Of Inequality
Osmel Martinez Azcue felt unwell. Having recently returned home to Florida from China and experiencing flu-like symptoms, he…
The Economic Burden Of Air Pollution
Fossil fuels are the most commonly used form of energy. As of 2019, 81% of the energy used…
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…
China And The World: Inside The Dynamics Of A Changing Relationship
China is currently one of the world’s most powerful economies. Now touted as the world’s second-largest economy, China’s…
US-China Trade War: Impact On Tech Companies
The ongoing US-China trade war is turning out to be really ugly for tech companies. No matter how…
Trade War: What Is It & How Are We Affected?
A trade war is more than just getting companies like Huawei banned. Initiating a trade war can cause…
China’s Belt & Road Initiative: A Quick Explainer
Leaders from different parts of the world convened in the Second Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on…
Global Inequality Is 25% Higher Than It Would Have Been In A Climate-Stable World
Those least responsible for global warming will suffer the most. Poorer countries – those that have contributed far…
Why More Young Adults Live With Their Parents
Economic tumult in the early 2000s persuaded many young people to keep living with their parents, but their…
A Healthy Economy Should Be Designed To Thrive Not Grow
What would a sustainable, universally beneficial economy look like? “Like a doughnut,” says Oxford economist Kate Raworth. In…
These Are The 8 Major Forces Shaping The Future Of The Global Economy
The world is changing faster than ever before. With billions of people hyper-connected to each other in an…
Humanity Is More Important Than Money — It’s Time For Capitalism To Get An Upgrade
What capitalism prioritizes, the world does more of. So how can we change capitalism so that it focuses…
Under What Circumstances Is Inequality OK?
As two years since Brits voted for Brexit is checked off the calendar, the thick tar of inequality…
Torpedoing Africa, And Then Complaining About ‘Migration’
European countries are still shaping the lives of millions of Africans, determining both their present and future. Out…
Trade Wars, Explained
The “weapons” in a trade war are everywhere. It’s the food you eat, the train you ride to…
Infographic: Conquering The World – Chatbots Gone Wild
Are Chatbots the Next Big Thing? Businesses are always looking for new and innovative ways to interact and…
How The UK Can Feed The World After Brexit
After the end of the Second World War, it was said by Winston Churchill that the only threat…
Eurasia, The supercontinent That Will Define Our Century
The end of the Cold War was supposed to inaugurate Europe’s age of reconciliations, when the continent, finally…
Could These Predictions Of The Future Actually Come True?
A blind mystic who many claim predicted 9/11, the rise of ISIS, the Boxing Day tsumani and Brexit…
What Just Happened? The Biggest Stories From Davos 2018
That’s it for another year. With over 400 sessions on the official programme (160 of which were broadcast…
How Can We Bridge The Widening Global Inequality Gap?
For the past five years, I have carried Oxfam’s call to tackle global inequality to the rich and…
Don’t Surrender, Reinvent: The New Mantra Of Small Biz In Puerto Rico
Just seven months ago, Puerto Rican chef Jose Sanchez opened the restaurant of his dreams: a place where…
Why Cities Are Where They Are
Politics and history aside, the single best place on Earth to build a city may be right where…
The Top 10 Most Powerful Cities In The World
We often think of ‘magnetism’ as a human quality, as well as a physical phenomenon. Cities also have…
Before You Migrate To Greener Pastures, Beware. Read This First.
Asia dominates the top of the latest index while Britain plummets down the rankings. SINGAPORE retains its title…
Truths, Lies, Post-Truths, And Statistics. The Deception That Is.
In theory, statistics should help settle arguments. They ought to provide stable reference points that everyone – no…
The 5 Kinds Of Cities We’ll See In The Populist Era
Will your city go into triage mode, double down on progressive policies, or flex its financial muscle? As…
Africa’s Top 10 ‘Cities Of Opportunity’
For the first time in history over half the world’s population live in cities — more than 54%…
Be Nice, It May Help Your City’s Economy
In some cities, the personality of its residents may play a part in economic success (or failure). Houston’s…
The Top 6 Best Healthcare Worker Cities In USA
Find out where to move if you’re looking for a health-care job. Health care is the largest private…
The Top 10 Reasons USA Is Becoming A Big Brother Society
In 1949, Eric Blair, known by the pen name of George Orwell, published 1984; a novel that has shown…
The Internet Predicts Interesting 2016 Events
It’s the end of 2015, and many are using the occasion to look back on the major moments…
You Must Know These 5 Economic Predictions For 2016
2015 has been a great year for the American economy, and that momentum should continue through 2016. The…
The Top 10 Cities For Millennial Entrepreneurs
Millennials may be the most studied generation in history, caught in the confluence of the technology they actively…
Top 10 Economic Cities and How They Got There
These cities have thriving local economies, low unemployment and good job growth – and that’s not by accident.…
Why New York, Not London, Is The Economic Powerhouse Of The World
New York and London are both powerhouse cities, competitive in everything from fashion, music, and finance, to now…
Before California’s Birthday, The Earth Shaped It First
With the discovery of gold in 1848, thousands of prospectors poured into California. When it came time to…
A Tale Of Four World Cities Compared
These four cities – home to a total of more than 80 million people – respond to economic,…
Understand China’s Current Economy In 6 Charts
Has the China bubble finally burst? China’s major stock indexes extended its loss to a fourth straight day,…
Top Notch Talent? Head Over To Top Notch Countries!
New data from LinkedIn shows certain professionals are moving away from countries like India and flowing into places…
How Value Is Created In The Age Of Networks And Collaboration
Underlying the collaborative economy are a handful of very strong and general trends that are challenging the conventional…
51 Breakthrough Technologies To Defeat Poverty
Simple technologies like Kenya’s M-Pesa mobile money system can have a huge impact in the developing world. Offering…
Great Transit : Boon To Local Businesses
Jobs are moving back into city centers, but there’s still an awful lot of them in the urban…
The Global Cities That Power the World Economy Now
The latest numbers from the Brookings Institution are a reminder that inequality has a geographic dimension. It’s often…