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Bookmark or Share- Shaping a new labour market for the post-pandemic economyIt is estimated that 50% of currently employed workers will need reskilling by 2025 to meet the needs of a changing labour market. This will demand a significant expansion of mid-career reskilling and upskilling. For businesses there is a clear return on investment in doing so; two out of three employers expected to see a return within a year.
- Degrowth: what's behind this economic theory and why it matters todayDegrowth is a radical economic theory born in the 1970s. It broadly means shrinking rather than growing economies, to use less of the world’s dwindling resources. Detractors of degrowth say economic growth has given the world everything from cancer treatments to indoor plumbing. Supporters argue that degrowth doesn’t mean “living in caves ...
- Forum Stories | World Economic ForumCollaborations between industry experts and the public sector are disrupting cybercrime. This white paper, developed by the World Economic Forum’s Partnership against Cybercrime, explores how to build on the success of existing partnerships to accelerate the disruption of cybercriminal activities. It looks at leading operational ...
- The 5 biggest lies of global capitalism | World Economic ForumThe precariat can be divided into three further groups – atavists, who look back to a lost past; nostalgics, who look forlornly for a present, a home; and progressives, who look for a lost future. The last consist largely of those who go through university only to emerge with large debts and little hope of a career or personal development.
- Globalization 4.0 – what does it mean? - The World Economic ForumMoreover, the growing divide between the precariat and the privileged is being reinforced by 4IR business models, which often derive rents from owning capital or intellectual property. Closing that divide requires us to recognize that we are living in a new type of innovation-driven economy, and that new global norms, standards, policies, and ...
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