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Investing In People Builds Resilience Against The Covid Recession

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, the World Bank predict that we’re facing up to the worst global recession since the 2nd World War. It’s prompted economists to predict a recession that is twice as deep as that experienced after the 2008 financial crisis. Such practices can often incur short-term costs, but they pay off in the long run.

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London Succeeds in Its Olympic Trials

Harvard Business Review

For the 2008 Games, China built a spectacle of unmatchable scale , with a budget of some $80 billion. No sooner had Beijing's flame died than the global financial crisis took British debt levels above 60% of GDP, excluding public intervention in failing banks. Day one of the 100-day planning process was a particularly somber one.