The top economics stories of 2024 - The World Economic Forum
2024年12月11日 · China has been a key driver of global growth for a number of years, but Asia's rising influence on the global economy and its critical role in growth is spreading. Consider, for example, the latest Chief Economists Outlook, which saw much more optimism for growth on the continent - with the notable exception of China - than in other regions.
The Future of Growth: Rethinking Prosperity for All
4 天之前 · Explore how the World Economic Forum’s Future of Growth initiative is shaping sustainable and inclusive ...
Degrowth: what's behind this economic theory and why it matters …
2022年6月15日 · If economic growth continues to be the default goal, it will lead to climate catastrophe, the argument goes, with no hope of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees. It seems to be no coincidence that global warming caused by humans started around the 1830s , scientists believe, when the world’s first industrial revolution was at its height.
Growth and Jobs at Davos 2024: What to know - The World …
2024年1月15日 · 'Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era' is one of the key themes at Davos 2024, the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, being held from 15–19 January. The Meeting provides a platform for the dialogue, research and collaboration needed to avoid a decade of low growth and put people at the centre of a more prosperous trajectory.
Navigating the future of growth: a new tool for a new era
2024年1月17日 · The key question is not whether economic growth is still necessary, but rather how we can move from growth at all costs to growth that is innovative, inclusive, sustainable and resilient. A new World Economic Forum tool assess countries' progress on the innovative, inclusive, sustainable and resilient #growth criteria needed to lead us forward ...
Here’s how technology has changed the world since 2000
2020年11月18日 · Following on from these first new media options, new communities and alternative media came the massive growth of social media. In 2004, fewer than 1 million people were on Myspace; Facebook had not even launched. By 2018, Facebook had more 2.26 billion users with other sites also growing to hundreds of millions of users.
Chief Economists Outlook: September 2024 | World Economic Forum
The September 2024 Chief Economists Outlook explores key trends in the global economy, including the latest outlook for growth, inflation, monetary and fiscal policy, the implications of high public debt levels, and the prospects for a new growth agenda.
New report details global trade challenges - and other …
2024年6月21日 · The report forecasts global trade growth to improve to 2.5% this year, supported by increased goods demand and inventory restocking in the US and Europe, and stabilizing demand from China. Despite this growth, global trade is set for its slowest half-decade since the 1990s, reflecting subdued global GDP growth.
An economist explains the pros and cons of globalization
2019年4月11日 · As we enter the fourth wave of globalization, driven by the digital revolution, there is renewed debate over whether it is a beneficial force: powering economic growth, and allowing the spread of ideas to improve people’s lives; or whether it erodes communities, and widens the gap between the elites and the rest of the world.
A brief history of China’s economic growth | World Economic Forum
2014年11月24日 · While the average growth rate of real GDP between 1978-2012 has been an impressive 9.4%, that figure could decline to between 7-8% between 2012-2024 in the authors’ base case. This is significantly higher than most commentators believe is likely given clear signs of a slowing economy in China’s recent economic data.