The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

While there have been undoubted ebbs and flows, the last century has seen growth in GDP like never before. Among the key factors in this slowdown is the aging of populations across the developed world, but the authors also cite factors such as the transition towards service-based economies and a slowdown in the rate of innovation.

Globalization 77

Globalization GDP Long-term Social Capital 77

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2012

If you are familiar with the Legatum Prosperity Index, you know it is an effort to look beyond GDP. Entrepreneurship & Opportunity (entrepreneurial environment, innovative activity, and access to opportunity). Education (access to education, quality of education, and human capital). Here, the 2012 Index sheds light.

Social Capital 17

Social Capital GDP Human Capital Education 17

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

There is clearly something to this; while declines in manufacturing employment have hit the Scottish economy hard, manufacturing has also been in decline as a share of GDP across the advanced economies over the past 25 years. There will be experimentation and innovation as people figure out the best way forward.

Consensus 10

Consensus Globalization Politics Policies 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2017

In 2015 real GDP per capita was $56,000 in the United States. The real GDP per capita in that same year was only $47,000 in Germany, $41,000 in France and the United Kingdom, and just $36,000 in Italy, adjusting for purchasing power. Each year, the United States produces more per person than most other advanced economies.

Decentralization 15

Decentralization GDP Finance Incentives 15