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Bookmark or Share- These are the biggest global risks we face in 2024 and beyondThe World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2024 says the biggest short-term risk stems from misinformation and disinformation. In the longer term, climate-related threats dominate the top 10 risks global populations will face. Two-thirds of global experts anticipate a multipolar or fragmented order to take shape over the next decade.
- Chief Economists Outlook: September 2024 | World Economic ForumThis latest edition of the Chief Economists Outlook launches amid continuing economic uncertainty. The short-term outlook for the global economy has begun to stabilize, but many vulnerabilities remain. There are reasons for cautious optimism, notably including a continued gradual easing of inflation rates and a shift to looser monetary policy.
- An economist explains the pros and cons of globalizationAs we enter the fourth wave of globalization, driven by the digital revolution, there is renewed debate over whether it is a beneficial force: powering economic growth, and allowing the spread of ideas to improve people’s lives; or whether it erodes communities, and widens the gap between the elites and the rest of the world.
- An economist explains what COVID-19 has done to the economyNariman Behravesh: It has certainly plunged the world economy into a very deep but mercifully a short recession. Everybody's been hurt. Everybody's been hurt. I don't think anybody's really been spared by this – it’s a combination of fear, uncertainty and the reaction to the lockdowns.
- What will happen to the global economy in 2024? | World Economic ForumThe global economy is expected to remain uncertain throughout 2024. The World Economic Forum’s latest Chief Economists Outlook finds that just over half of chief economists anticipate the global economy to weaken this year. Seven in 10 expect the pace of geoeconomic fragmentation to accelerate in 2024.
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