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In our liquid, digital economy, labor no longer ties down capital. While labor still depends on capital to supply the tools to be productive, capital itself is now weightless, free of spatial confinement.

Liquid Capitalism: Making Sense of Davos

By: EBR | Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Living under the modern conditions of “liquidity,” humans know that everything can happen—yet nothing can be done with confidence and certainty

Modi, leader of the fastest growing major economy in the world - as well as the world’s largest democracy - delivered a special address during which he also spoke about the opportunities and dangers of technology, India’s plan to fight income inequality, job creation, and how the country is “cutting the red tape and rolling out the red carpet” to international trade and investment.

Narendra Modi: These are the 3 greatest threats to civilization

By: EBR | Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Climate change, terrorism and the backlash against globalization are the three most significant challenges to civilization as we know it, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2018 in Davos, Switzerland

Today coalition membership stands at 74, comprised of 70 nations and four international organizations (the European Union, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Arab League and INTERPOL). Twenty-three partners, including the United States, have collectively stationed more than 10,000 troops in Iraq and Syria, working to build the military capacity of those engaged in direct action against ISIS and supporting efforts to deny it safe haven.

The Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS: A Success Story

By: EBR | Wednesday, January 24, 2018

The 74-member international coalition illustrates American leadership in action

Any one of these risks could disrupt the world trading system and global growth. Together, they remind us that global leadership matters. Progress is rarely rooted in conflict, although conflict is at times necessary for peace. The challenge today in a world of simmering conflict is how leaders will foster stability. Acting alone, history would suggest, has rarely worked.

Five reasons to lose sleep in 2018

By: EBR | Tuesday, January 23, 2018

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde reported in October 2017 that “the long-awaited economic recovery is taking root [with] the broadest-based acceleration since the start of the decade”

Now, ten years later, we look once again with optimism at our future, having managed the financial crisis and returned to strong economic growth. But still, we are stuck in a social crisis and there is no doubt that we are living in a fractured world. The big concern is that our optimism lets us forget that economic growth without restoring the social contract will not be sustainable.

The wold needs ’qualitative easing’ and business must lead

By: EBR | Tuesday, January 23, 2018

A message from Professor Klaus Schwab to the participants of Davos 2018

The challenge and opportunity before us today is to begin to think of development through the lens of environmental health. The environment as a primary concern, not an afterthought. The science has never been clearer. We know the impact, the consequences and the unsustainability of our development model. As we continue to connect in new ways, we must also reconnect to Earth.

It’s time to bring our planet back from the brink

By: EBR | Monday, January 22, 2018

As world leaders gather in Davos this week to discuss how to better shape our future through strengthened cooperation, it’s imperative to also focus on how to prevent the health of our planet from failing. This is not “doom and gloom” – the risk is real

Science is universal and unifying. An apple falls in the same way whether it falls in a 17th-century English garden, inspiring Isaac Newton to develop his laws of universal gravitation; or whether it falls anywhere on earth at any time in history. It is this universality, coupled with a love for knowledge and understanding shared by all humanity, that gives science its power to transcend cultural and other differences.

Science is universal and unifying

By: EBR | Monday, January 22, 2018

The history of humankind is often told as the epic rise and fall of great empires, clashes of civilizations and epoch-defining conflicts

Despite enjoying the shortest working hours among OECD member countries, Germany manages to maintain high productivity levels. In fact, the average German worker is reported to be 27% more productive than his or her British counterpart.

The countries where people work the longest hours

By: EBR | Friday, January 19, 2018

Mexicans work far longer days than anyone else. Germans, on the other hand, clock up the least hours

European governments seem lulled into a sense of security by a fall-off in migrants. The UN’s Institute of Migration (IOM) in Geneva recently reported that the number of people crossing the Mediterranean to Europe by boat in 2017 was, at about 170,000, half the level of the year before. Both were a trickle compared to 2015, when well over a million refugees fled from Syria and other conflict zones.

Missing: A beefed-up plan for Africa’s population explosion

By: EBR | Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Where is Europe's relationship with Africa headed; where is the Grand Bargain they both need?

This unilateral launch of the four new flight routes is a violation of the negotiation results between the Taipei Airline Association and China Air Transport Association in March 2015, when China repeatedly pledged not to activate these routes until after confirmation through further negotiations between the two sides.

Concerns over China’s actions in the Strait of Taiwan

By: EBR | Friday, January 12, 2018

As fireworks lightened up the skies around the world, the New Year began with a tint of optimism for relations between South and North Koreas, as the two resumed dialogue leading to the Winter Olympics

Studies show that companies that take steps to operate more sustainably outperform their peers in terms of shareholder return. In a recent study from the Henley Business School, researchers examined the relationship between carbon emission disclosures and financial performance for UK companies. They found that the mere act of disclosure results in improved share price performance, and that there is “a significant positive relation between corporate carbon disclosure and corporate financial performance”.

How coming clean on environmental impact helps companies grow

By: EBR | Friday, January 12, 2018

Over the past 75 years, free-market investor capitalism has lifted tens of millions of Americans out of poverty and, combined with democracy and the rule of law, enabled us to enjoy an unprecedented increase in prosperity and quality of life

Amid this metamorphosis, India presents an image of optimism and promise. Its unique demographic dividend, rising tide of entrepreneurial spirit, breakthrough innovations across sectors, and remarkable pace of bold and structural reforms have boosted the macroeconomic fundamentals and enhanced India’s long-term economic outlook.

India’s opportunity in a multiconceptual world

By: EBR | Friday, January 12, 2018

Our world is undergoing a series of transformational shifts occurring at an exponential speed

Many sports venues have jumped on the sustainability bandwagon to construct or renovate their structure in a race to minimise their carbon footprint, preserve their green legacy, and take the lead in innovation.

The 5 most sustainable sports venues in the world

By: EBR | Monday, January 8, 2018

Surprisingly sports venues are pioneers in the promotion of sustainability

Countries are rated on 50 indicators grouped into the two categories of material conditions and quality of life. Ratings on material conditions covered the indicators of income and wealth, jobs and earnings, and housing. Ratings on quality of life were based on indicators including work-life balance, health, education, personal safety and environmental quality.

These countries have the highest quality of life

By: EBR | Monday, January 8, 2018

What makes for a good life? Good health, education, money, or something else?

In today’s market, crypto-currencies are by no means the only source of GIP. In Silicon Valley, for example, there are now many so-called zombie Companies.

Gross Imaginary Product: Welcome to the Brave New World

By: EBR | Wednesday, January 3, 2018

From the United States to Japan and Europe, Gross Imaginary Product has exploded everywhere real interest rates have been kept below zero

Khalil Shikaki, director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, who has been polling Palestinian public opinion for the past 25 years, ran a poll immediately after Trump’s declaration. He recently summarized his findings at the Jerusalem Press Club: ”More than 90 percent view the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel as a threat to Palestinian interests and the largest percentage demands a strong response that includes a return to an armed intifada. Moreover, the overwhelming majority does not trust Trump’s peace intentions, nor trust the major Arab allies of the U.S., and 70 percent demand Abbas’ resignation.”

Trump’s created another fine mess - with Israel caught in the middle

By: EBR | Wednesday, January 3, 2018

President Trump's festive recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Israel sparked an outburst of joy here

The global advantage of China is in equipment and services relating to high capacity digital communications. However, opportunities for China will only be maximized if globally fiber to the home networks are deployed, which will also serve as the basis for 5G networks. There is a ‘chicken or egg’ paradox. If Chinese industry wants to reap the full benefit of its technological leadership, a pre-condition is the global deployment of pervasive fiber to the home networks.

China will become the global leader on the internet of the future

By: EBR | Tuesday, January 2, 2018

In Europe, we are used to joke about why women so much appreciate French and Italian men and why Germans produce the best cars in the world

Furthermore, internetization has also enabled professionals, scientists and many other specialists with an effective and convenient manner for maintaining and updating their professional qualifications through electronic accessibility to lifelong learning. However, the profound impact of internetization is not limited to formal education. It also embraces public education and lifelong learning. Indeed, internetization serves as a catalyst through the digital delivery of public education and electronic resources to create better-informed citizens.

Forget globalization. Internetization sums up our global economy better

By: EBR | Friday, December 29, 2017

The word globalization has lost its relevance and lustre with the emergence of the new global economy of the 21st century. In fact, it’s become an anachronism

The digital revolution is generating massive amounts of data that can be leveraged by governments, businesses and civil society organizations to make better informed decisions, improve services, and become more transparent and accountable.

How tech can fight corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean

By: EBR | Friday, December 22, 2017

The rise in cybercrime and the proliferation of so-called “fake news” on social media have soured many people on the digital revolution. However, the same novel technologies that enable these distressing trends can also help us combat corruption much more effectively

Bitcoin mining’s energy use is reportedly growing at a rate of 25% per month. At that rate of growth, it will consume as much electricity as the US in 2019. And by 2020, bitcoin mining could be consuming the same amount of electricity every year as is currently used by the entire world.

In 2020 Bitcoin will consume more power than the world does today

By: EBR | Friday, December 22, 2017

Can the world afford Bitcoin?

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A mission impossible for Sébastien Lecornu, Macron’s 5th Prime Minister?

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President Emmanuel Macron has again named a close ally, Sébastien Lecornu, as the new French prime minister, 24 hours after a vote of confidence ousted François Bayrou.

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France in fresh political crisis after MPs oust prime minister

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