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How Global Trade Affects Inequality

The Horizons Tracker

Piketty argued that our increasingly globalized economy delivered not just global inequality but also domestic inequality as well, with social democracies unable to adequately adapt to these changing times. million firms between 2009 and 2015. ” Changing the story.

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A Leadership Journey: Making Every Moment Count

Skip Prichard

Grasping History’s Lessons Reflect on the not-so-distant year of 2009. The H1N1 outbreak tested the resilience of our global health systems. The year 2040 is now closer than the memories of 2009! (I The journey from 2009 to today has been marked by profound technological, social, and political shifts.

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A Global Standard of Living Shift

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These prices have risen due to strong global demand, particularly in emerging markets, and pockets of reduced supply. The globalization of the labor force continues to exert pressure on the U.S. Median income for men was actually higher, in real terms, in 1973 than in 2009. In 2009, 66 million women were employed in the U.S.

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Virtual Working Can Be Stressful – How To Do It Right

The Horizons Tracker

Research from Gallup suggests that workers were the most pessimistic about their living standards since the company started measuring this in 2009, with around a third experiencing anger, stress, and sadness at work.

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Trade Agreements Can Make Economies More Resilient

The Horizons Tracker

Despite fears of protectionism rising in the face of economic difficulties, a recent study from the University of California School of Global Policy and Strategy reminds us that trade actually helps to boost resiliency during such crises. Indeed, the 2008 shock was around three times greater for markets where no trade agreement existed.

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Leading an Emotionally Traumatized Workforce in the Midst of a Pandemic

Leading Blog

The issue you, as the leader, are experiencing is the complexity of grief caused by a global pandemic. When the global pandemic struck the United States, it was sudden and unnatural. Should you remind everyone of the previous performance standards and enforce them rigidly? How long do you let the faltering performance continue?

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10 Shocking Statistics About Employee Engagement

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Towers-Watson Global Workforce Study Towers-Watson, 2012. Global Talent 2021 Study Oxford Economics and Towers-Watson, 2012. Aon’s 2009 Benefit and Talent Survey Aon, 2009. Towers-Watson Global Workforce Study Towers-Watson, 2012. Global Talent 2021 Study Oxford Economics and Towers-Watson, 2012.