Tarun Das Former Managing Director, CII Expectations for economic reforms have been consistently high since 2014. The level of aspiration of the Indian economy has increased. The overall ambition of the Indian industry is higher. But for Covid-19, Indian economy and industry might have been in a different place by now. Or, […]
By Fred Ezeh Abuja Professor Ganiyat Adejoke Uthman from the Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has recommended in his research the adoption of an Islamic economic system in the management of the Nigerian economy. She said the Islamic economic system has proven to be the solution to […]
In all the comments about the war in Ukraine and the debates about whether the West bears any responsibility, very few people have made reference to social and economic factors. Yet, the Putin phenomenon must be understood as a new type of socio-economic system that was produced by a mixture of oil dependence and market […]
The global multilateral economic system has been stress tested twice this century. The first time was with the global economic crisis of 2008; the second – with the COVID-19 pandemic. And the results are not good. As more than six million lives were lost across the world, the deteriorating climate continued to take a greater […]
Dominican friar Fr. Ivan Attard gave an impassioned speech on social justice at a conference on Friday, arguing against the capitalist economic system for one that more fairly compensates workers. In a conference organized by the PN deputy Ivan Bartolo entitled “To live or to exist? “, Father Ivan Attard gave a passionate speech on […]
President-elect Gabriel Boric warned that Chile’s consumer spending boom was unsustainable and public finances were under pressure, providing a reality check in one of the world’s fastest growing economies. Growth should be driven by investment, while protecting the environment, Boric said Thursday at a trade event in Santiago. Raising government revenue through tax reform while […]
Illustration: Tang Tengfei/Global Times US President Joe Biden’s exclusive Democracy Summit, which was even ignored by some US allies, sparked a rare global discussion about what real democracy is and whether the US can still represent democracy . The questions wouldn’t cause much controversy just a few years ago, when the United States was heralded […]
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EEarlier this year, the official international climate science summary announced that we are facing an increase in disasters and disruption, with the most vulnerable suffering the most and the earlier. A leaked report from the same UN process identified the need for a transformation of our economic systems in a meaningful attempt to limit loss […]
Famine spread to the West following the crisis of 1929. All institutions were threatened. They only survived thanks to World War II. Already in the 18th century, British economists of nascent capitalism wondered about the sustainability of this system around David Ricardo. What was initially very profitable will eventually become commonplace and no longer enrich […]
Illustration by Anna Higgie In 1995, a young Patricia Zurita was researching freshwater dolphins in the Andean mountains when the last episode of border violence erupted between her home country, Ecuador, and neighboring Peru. The conservation work of his team has been turned upside down. Soon after, however, those same efforts helped settle the decades-long […]
Xi Jinping stands above the portrait of Mao Zedong. Lintao Zhang / Getty Images For a long time, analysts have attributed Chinese President Xi Jinping’s tributes to Mao Zedong to “political staging,” but a the Wall Street newspaper examination of Xi’s recent writings and speeches suggests that they should take him much more seriously. It […]
By Jennifer Nicoll Victor, Ph.D., George Mason University The economy is intimately linked to politics. Governments set economic policies that affect global markets, employment, wages, working conditions, and other factors affecting economic livelihoods. In turn, economics affects politics, sometimes in mysterious ways. In the United States, although there is a free market system, there are […]
To share Tweeter To share To share E-mail San Salvador, El Salvador, September 3, 2021, The bill passed by the Salvadoran government in June 2021 comes into force from September, and the entire nation is now preparing for a new form of trading system, which adds with Bitcoin. Residents of El Salvador can now use […]
It is one of the 38 winning blogs of the Blog4Dev 2021 competition, the World Bank’s annual writing competition in Africa, inviting young people to express themselves on a subject essential to the economic development of their country. Blog4Dev winners answered the question: How can young people work with their governments and civil society organizations […]
Of Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari pledged that Nigeria will continue to support the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) process in the country due to its benefits for good governance and democracy. It’s even how he described the exam as timely and convenient. He said the administration, with its mantra of change agenda, has […]
A majority of young Britons would like to live in a socialist economic system, new research shows. Millennials reject capitalism and firmly blame the housing climate change crises on its doorstep. They think socialism, on the other hand, is a good idea that has simply been done badly in the past. The survey of young […]
Americans have again been told that the billionaire class in the United States pays no taxes. No wonder, since the Fortune 500 and Wall Street generally don’t pay taxes either.As the rich get richer without paying taxes, the poor will be kicked out at the end of the month by the owner class. Meanwhile, the […]
In the United States and Western Europe, many people support large-scale systemic change. In four countries surveyed in November and December last year, about four in ten or more in each country describe their economic or political system as requiring at least major changes, if not comprehensive reform. But what people prioritize – and if […]
Transformational change is needed in the systems that underpin our economies so that they benefit nature. In September 2020, NABU (BirdLife in Germany) and Boston Consulting Group released The Biodiversity Imperative for Business – Preserving the Foundations of our Wellbeing report, which highlights that biodiversity provides over US $ 170 trillion in additional annual benefits. […]
This article is also available in: Spanish Take part in a half-day digital forum on the global circular bioeconomy, March 19, 2021, 12:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. UTC, here. For the past two centuries, the world has relied on a linear fossil fuel economy in which raw materials are turned into products, used and then […]
The Texas Freeze illustrates some of the shortcomings of the conservative economy as a basis for the public good. The nation’s problems will only get worse as we pretend that private solutions are best for all situations. “In Texas, everyone agreed that everyone needed a robust power grid. But nobody wanted to pay for it. […]
ANKARA The Turkish government is preparing to take the country to the highest level of the global, political and economic system as part of the ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus epidemic, the country’s president said on Wednesday. “We are not only fighting the pandemic in the current period that we are going through, but […]
To share Tweeter To share To share E-mail There is a strong notion in society that people need to ‘grind’ until they die, meaning that after college life should consist of eight hours of work a day, 14 days. of leave per year and constant stress. However, one entrepreneur decided that he was tired of […]
ROSARIO, Argentina – On Saturday, two of Pope Francis’ most trusted advisers participated in the latest edition of the World Meeting of Popular Movements, which has been supported by the Pope since the early days of his pontificate. The meeting brings together grassroots organizations from five continents working with the poor and marginalized, with the […]
Klaus Schwab By Bhabani Shankar Nayak * The pandemic has shaken up neoliberalism as an economic project of capitalism. The economic architecture of neoliberalism based on austerity, liberalization, privatization and globalization has failed to ensure the basic dignity of life in terms of basic health, education, home and security food. Rising unemployment, hunger and homelessness […]
“We went from 0 to 60 in five seconds,” said Kim Guadagno, CEO and Chairman of Fulfill. Hurricane Sandy in 2012 was devastating, she said, but it’s made worse because “the need is widespread, with no end in sight.” Last year, before the pandemic, Feeding America, the nation’s largest food bank network, fed 40 million […]
JUBA / GENEVA – As some South Sudanese experts recommend that the government adopt a new economic system used by developing states to cut the exchange rate on the black market and stabilize soaring prices, a new report from a panel of The UN says the real problem in South Sudan is deep-rooted government corruption. […]
The Mahindra Group said on Tuesday that its chairman Anand Mahindra was part of a group of 14 global CEOs endorsing an economic roadmap that seeks to “better build the economic system” rather than simply “rebuild” it from the crisis. of Covid-19. Global CEOs include Ajay Banga (Mastercard), Alan Murray (Fortune Media), Dan Hendrix (Interface), […]
The likely result of the current crisis is a faster dismantling of the neoliberal economy and a fragmentation of the international economic system, writes Glenn Diesen, associate professor, University of South East Norway. Technological sovereignty is privileged, international supply chains are repatriated, transport corridors become theaters of military rivalry and the vestiges of the financial […]
Protesters demand urgent action on climate change, one of the many pressing issues facing the world, at a rally ahead of the start of the coronavirus outbreak (Photo: Chris Etchells) Paul Weller and the Jam performed a song called Life from a Window. Not a bad little air. It’s one of those songs about slowing […]
Today, a decade after the start of austerity, we are paying the price for this ideological crusade. Our health systems are critically under-resourced and our public institutions are ill-equipped to meet the challenges we face. Of course, it is welcome that governments are now loosening the purse strings to help individuals and businesses weather this […]
Nilratan Halder | Posted: Jan. 23, 2020, 10:07 p.m. Oxfam’s report on global inequalities released just days before the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, once again confirmed that the gap between the rich and the poor is widening. As noted, 2,153 billionaires around the world now have more wealth in their possession than 4.6 […]
In his excellent article “Money is the oxygen on which the fire of global warming burns,” Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, explains how the world’s leading financial institutions and insurance companies are still funding fossil fuels – on a larger scale low carbon solutions. Bill suggests that shifting our money to ethical suppliers could “become […]
In May, NPQ hosted a webinar focused on how to rebuild Puerto Rico’s economy in a way that would meet the needs of the community. In light of the recent citizen mobilization that toppled the governor of the island last month, we believe the messages delivered in this webinar by leading Puerto Rican activists are […]
Evil fate the earth, to hasten the evils a prey, Where wealth accumulates and where men degrade. –Olivier Goldsmith. Twenty years ago I wrote an editorial in which I described free market capitalism as “the most unjust and barbaric economic system ever conceived, and which now oppresses and mistreats most of the peoples of the […]
The Vatican’s recent assessment of the economy reveals a vibrant, engaging and relevant Catholic Church. This reflects a Catholic Church that sees the suffering of our financial system as the Church provides aid to hurricane victims, refugees and the homeless. The document is linked to a church working with other faiths in Puerto Rico and […]
The Archbishop of Canterbury made headlines last week saying Britain’s economic model was “broken” and needed fundamental reform (News, September 8). Write in the Financial Time, to coincide with the launch of an interim report from the Commission on Economic Justice, Bishop Welby lamented “a deep state of economic injustice,” and said most people wanted […]
The failure of the contemporary economy to alleviate the current economic turmoil that is holding the world economy down has doomed existing theories for their inherent flaws. The existing knowledge on the subject has failed miserably to solve the problems facing the world economy, especially European countries mired in huge public debt. As I argued […]
EEarlier this year, media around the world reported that February had broken shocking world temperature records. March also broke all records. In June, our screens were covered with surreal images of flooding in Paris, the Seine overflowing its banks and flowing through the streets. In London, floods sent water pouring into the tube system in […]
At the very moment of its ultimate triumph, capitalism will experience the most exquisite of deaths. It is the belief of policy advisor and author Jeremy Rifkin, who argues that the current economic system has been so successful in lowering production costs that it has created the very conditions for the destruction of traditionally vertically […]
Humpty Dumpty is the perfect metaphor to represent the crisis of the current economic system. Like the classic nursery rhyme character, it has had a nice downfall and no one is quite sure how to put it back together. The reason it cannot be patched up is that a system which has generated dependence on […]