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The Global Competitiveness Report 2019 is a much-needed economic compass, building on 40 years of experience of benchmarking the drivers of long-term competitiveness and integrating the latest learnings about the factors of future productivity

5 trends in the global economy – and their implications for economic policymakers

Global imperative ... the transition to a greener and more equal economy is within our grasp.

EU has taken some initiatives that link trade relations with human rights and environmental objectives.

Fair enough? The EU’s guilty neglect of fair trade

EU policy makers need to stop conflating free trade with fair trade and instead promote trade deals and radical trade reforms that will genuinely deliver trade justice, write Jan Orbie and Deborah Martens

The EU’s largest economies, Germany and France, have proposed watering down competition rules and the European Commission’s authority, in order to facilitate the surge of European champions.

Europe seeks a comprehensive strategy to lift its competitiveness

The dominance of US firms and Chinese companies in the digital world has sounded the alarm bells in Europe. EU and national officials have agreed that the competitiveness of European firms requires a comprehensive strategy that goes beyond easing the bloc’s competition rules

Power to the citizens: Nearly half (45%) of all citizens want a more direct say in the EU’s decisions – and what they want is an online voting and debating platform on EU-wide policies.

If the EU disappeared, would anyone care?

Despite the largest voter turnout in the European elections, 60% of Europeans aren’t sure they would miss the EU if it were gone

No country is immune from disaster displacement. The IDMC has recorded it in 190 countries and in 2018, with more than a million displaced people, the US was behind only India, China and the Philippines.

The world is facing more disasters. This is how data can help us reduce that risk

Risk is an everyday feature of our lives. How we react to it, who pays and who benefits, reveals much about our societies and their values

MORE FEATURES

Knowing when – and how – to appropriately speak out on political issues is becoming a core skill for business leaders.

Management

A New Framework for Corporate Activism

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

As the chaos and uncertainty of Brexit continues, the impact on UK business is starting to bite

Gender Equality Index 2019: Still far from the finish line

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

The EU continues its snail’s pace when it comes to gender equality progress. The latest Gender Equality Index from the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) shows that the EU’s score for gender equality is up just one point to 67.4, since the 2017 edition

Seven Ways to Overcome the Fear of Making a Career Change

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

’’I was afraid I would fail,” explained Sean Lafleur, a former Google executive who went on to found a consulting and coaching firm, during a presentation at a recent career conference organised by the INSEAD Alumni Association France.’’