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.
John Letzing
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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.
Climate Action
¿Qué hay de "divertido" en el cambio climático?
Diversas iniciativas buscan integrar el humor en la comunicación sobre el cambio climático. ¿Puede esa estrategia funcionar?
Climate Action
What’s so funny about climate change?
Two experts who've been pondering this question in an academic setting for a decade spoke with the Forum’s Radio Davos podcast about what they’ve learned so far.
Trade and Investment
Niches and new chances: how some places ‘slot in’ as globalization shifts
From the West’s perspective the re-ordering of globalization can feel like a glimpse of its own mortality, an expert said, but for other places it brings opportunity.
Economic Growth
Resumen del crecimiento económico de China
Las décadas de vertiginosa expansión económica del país han creado grandes expectativas y han aumentado la competencia mundial.
Economic Growth
China's economic growth story recapped
The country's decades of dizzying economic expansion have set some pretty high expectations, and ramped up global competition.
Global Cooperation
Tariffs, timeframes and markets as 'tools': what the West gets wrong about China
Markus Herrmann helps make sense of China's political economy for Western clients. Drop the idealism you may be attaching to markets, he says, and start thinking very, very long-term.