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Is The Period Of Global Economic Growth At An End?

The Horizons Tracker

While there have been undoubted ebbs and flows, the last century has seen growth in GDP like never before. A paper from the UC Santa Barbara argues that this growth is due to a combination of the technologies of the Industrial Revolutions and the various economic and political freedoms we have enjoyed as democracy has spread.

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How Men Can Become Better Allies to Women

Harvard Business Review

A study by McKinsey projects that in a “full potential” scenario in which women participate in the economy identically to men, $28 trillion dollars (26%) would be added to the annual global GDP when compared to the current business-as-usual scenario. What’s at stake? The — seemingly cynical — objective?