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“Interpersonal Connectedness” One Factor in Metric to Replace GDP

Michael Lee Stallard

In “ The Rise and Fall of GDP ,&# that appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Jon Gertner describes this effort. In “ The Rise and Fall of GDP ,&# that appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Jon Gertner describes this effort. Gertner writes about the U.S. why is everyone smiling?

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Political Ties Can Distort Industrial Support

The Horizons Tracker

Countries around the world have developed various science and industrial parks to try and aid economic development. Nowhere has this been more so than in China, where over 1,400 such parks have been developed in recent decades. “We call it the price of the friendship,” the researchers explain. of its land.

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Longer And More Complex Supply Chains Benefit Economies

The Horizons Tracker

The authors argue that economies will usually achieve greater economic growth, especially during its manufacturing stage, before relaxing to a slower growth period as it becomes a more developed economy. ” Economic advantage.

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The Deficit Dilemma

Women on Business

This is equal to over 9% of GDP, an alarmingly high statistic, and at that time, the highest deficit to GDP since World War II. trillion and 11% of GDP!!!), In 2009, because of outflows to pay for TARP, bail out Fannie, Freddie and AIG, and other government stimulus programs, the deficit almost tripled to $1.4 About the author.

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Has Going Public Really Lost Its Appeal?

The Horizons Tracker

Developing countries also went from fewer than 1,000 public firms in 1996 to 20,000 in 2020. public firms contribute to employment, GDP, R&D, and patents. While the U.S. Many people are concerned about this trend. In 2018, SEC commissioner Robert Jackson Jr. The third graph shows how much the remaining U.S.

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Why R&D Spending has Almost No Correlation to Innovation

Innovation Excellence

A newly released infographic by Visual Capitalist shows that while the US leads in the amount of dollars spent on research and development ($463 billion), it only came in fourth place with the percentage of GDP spent on R&D (2.79 percent), just over half of the GDP percentage invested by South Korea.

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How Skills Will Be Crucial As We Adapt To The Post-Covid World

The Horizons Tracker

Last year online learning platform Coursera released their first Global Skills Index to try and understand the changing nature of skills development around the world. This surge not only reflects the ongoing interest in digital skills development, but also some of the softer skills that I’ve identified as key in past articles.

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