
The IMF has cut its forecast for the global economy
While global growth in 2018 remained close to postcrisis highs, the global expansion is weakening and at a rate that is somewhat faster than expected. This update of the World Economic Ou...
While global growth in 2018 remained close to postcrisis highs, the global expansion is weakening and at a rate that is somewhat faster than expected. This update of the World Economic Ou...
Every dollar invested in scaling up treatment for depression and anxiety – the two most common mental health disorders – can generate a return of $4 in terms of improved wellbeing and inc...
In a world enthralled by film, special effects and virtual reality, there is still something powerful about the impact of a still image. The story embodied in a single photograph, a momen...
It cannot be overstated: we are living in a time of unprecedented change. The interconnectivity of people, businesses and markets has never been as strong and pervasive. Technological adv...
Every January I get a glimpse into a different world. A world of billionaires, of business and political elites, coming together in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos for the Annual Meeti...
The post-1945 income distribution system is irretrievably broken, threatening the market economy. And traditional redistributive tools such as direct taxes, collective bargaining, and lab...
The United States is the world’s largest producer of chocolate, despite barely growing any cocoa trees. Conversely, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) holds over half of the world’s r...
As the guiding principles of this year’s World Economic Forum suggest, addressing the biggest global challenges requires the collaborative efforts of business, government and civil societ...
Solving the plastic waste issue will require unprecedented levels of investment, novel partnerships and accelerated innovation – the kind that harness free market forces and scalable solu...
We’re wiping out the rest of life on Earth a thousand times faster than the natural extinction rate, and we’re filling that biodiversity void with food production and other human activiti...
“It ain’t what you know that gets you, but what you think you know for sure that just ain’t so,” as the old adage goes. Over the next two years, the biggest risks to the global economy li...
For the past six years, I’ve been honored to serve as EY Global Chairman and CEO. My time at EY — including nearly a dozen years on our global executive board – has been one of the most r...
Today almost half of the world’s population are connected to the Internet, fifty years since it was invented and thirty since the creation of the World Wide Web. Regardless of whether we ...
The agenda for the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2019 presents an audacious challenge: developing a model for Globalization 4.0.
As a long-time proponent of basic income, and as someone who has been involved in pilots in four continents, the past year has been a roller coaster, perhaps summarised as two steps forwa...