The role of social networks in innovation and other top economics stories of the week
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Margareta Drzeniek-Hanouz
Deputy Head of Social and Economic Agendas, Member of Executive Committee, World Economic Forum Geneva
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A list of some of the week’s most interesting stories on economic growth and social inclusion.
The role of social networks in innovation. (NBER)
Is Europe an optimal political area? (Vox)
The debate about basic income continues. (Vox)
The US decision to step out of the Paris agreement may be an opportunity for China. (Bloomberg)
Will localization and regionalization replace globalization for corporates? (Financial Times, paywall)
Explaining low productivity, low investment and low employment in the US. (The Atlantic)
Growth in recent years may have been exceptional. (Foreign Affairs)
Yet growth fatalism could prove dangerous. (Bloomberg)
How to be an open economy today. (Project Syndicate)
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