Global Cooperation
In numbers: Davos 2025 on debt, GDP, planet degradation, AI shelf-life and women in government
Within each of the Davos 2025 meeting’s five pillars, distinct themes emerged and certain numbers stood out. Here are our picks.
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Economic Growth
Soaring public debt is worrying experts at Davos 2025. Here's why most of us didn’t see it coming
Public debt levels have reached unnerving levels, and there could be broad consequences. "Optimism bias" may have betrayed us by underplaying the issue.
Economic Growth
¿Qué son los aranceles, cuán antiguo es el concepto y para qué sirven hoy en día?
La próxima administración estadounidense ha indicado que recurrirá ampliamente a estas herramientas de política que han perdurado durante milenios.
Economic Growth
What are tariffs, how old is the concept, and what are they good for now?
"Tariffs" are on the tongues of many Davos attendees. The incoming US administration has indicated it will lean heavily on these policy tools that have endured for millennia.
Economic Growth
Gauging the global economic future: can productivity revive by 2030?
Productivity has ground to a “virtual standstill,” according to the World Economic Forum and Accenture. Here are four potential future scenarios for this vital measure of economic health.
Trade and Investment
Chief economists look ahead to 'particularly complex' year of tariffs and tensions
Chief economists from around the world offered up their unique insights on what 2025 holds in store. In short: potentially prohibitive tariffs, rising tensions, and further fragmentation.
Economic Growth
A lesson from democracy’s record year: ‘vibes’ mean more to voters than GDP
Extensive losses for incumbents around the world made clear that more reliable ways of measuring how an economy is actually being experienced are necessary.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
What is ‘sovereign AI’ and why is the concept so appealing (and fraught)?
Denmark is the latest country to actively pursue sovereign AI, informed by homegrown data and powered by the infrastructure necessary to turn that data into a strategic reserve of intellect.
Economic Growth
Can the European Union get it together on capital markets? This is what’s at stake
Proponents say a capital markets union could help Europe build the innovative companies and infrastructure necessary to compete in a fragmenting global economy.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
社交媒体的内容审核应该放松还是收紧？
Telegram创始人兼首席执行官被捕，使人们加强了对目前社交媒体平台内容审核方式的审查。一位专家称，“未来几年会很棘手”，要在加强保障措施和言论自由的需求之间取得平衡。一些国家正专注于研究提高相关透明度和加强保护的方法。
Climate Action
Gravar el eructo de vaca: El impuesto que propone Dinamarca sobre las emisiones agrícolas
Dinamarca quiere dar ejemplo con un impuesto pionero sobre las emisiones agrícolas. Pero la resistencia es estándar para los leyes innovadoras para proteger el medio ambiente.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Is patience waning with efforts to moderate content on social media?
The arrest of Telegram’s CEO has heightened scrutiny of the ways content is internally policed. It'll be ‘a tricky few years ahead’ for overseeing these platforms, an expert says.
Climate Action
Cow burps, competition, and the perils of being first with laws to protect the planet
Denmark wants to set an example with a first-of-its-kind tax on agricultural emissions. But pushback is standard for groundbreaking legislative efforts to protect the environment.
Geographies in Depth
Elecciones en Estados Unidos: ¿Qué son los delegados y por qué nominan a los candidatos a la Casa Blanca?
Miles de delegados del Partido Demócrata de Estados Unidos se reunieron en Chicago para confirmar la candidatura del partido a la Casa Blanca. Pero, ¿quiénes son y por qué son tan importa...
Geographies in Depth
What are ‘delegates’ and why do they get to pick US presidential candidates?
Thousands of Democratic delegates will assemble in Chicago next week to certify the US political party’s pick for president. These vetted intermediaries play a key role in elections.