global economic health
Macroeconomic Measurement
Grading Global Economic Health

Last month, the World Economic Forum (WEF) published its Global Competitiveness Report. The topics are broad and the questions are varied. Based on Executive Opinion Surveys from 126 economies, the answers are supposed to provide insight about short and long…

Weekly Economic News Roundup and global risk 2020
What's Trending
Everything We Need to Know About Global Economic Risk

Concerned with a shift away from traditional multilateral institutions and free trade, the World Economic Forum identifies our global economic risk.

Weekly Economic News Roundup and Italy's debt
Taxes and Spending
Why Italy Is Selling Some Palazzos

Looking at Italy’s debt and beyond at the world, we can worry about massive borrowing that reflects a larger proportion of a country’s GDP.

Weekly economic news roundup and Saudi women drivers
What's Trending
Gender Equity for Saudi Women at Starbucks and Beyond

While today is the first day that Saudi women can drive legally, they still experience gender inequity at Starbucks and beyond.

Weekly Economic News Roundup and STEM
Labor
The Mystery of the STEM Paradox

Identifying the countries where women are more likely to select STEM (science, technology, engineering, math), scholars had some surprises.

Weekly economic news roundup and GDP
Macroeconomic Measurement
How to Really Grasp the GDP

We can better grasp what we mean by the GDP by looking at the numbers and also by comparing its components to an alternative.

gender pay gap
Macroeconomic Measurement
Questions About the Global Gender Gap

Because the ranking depends on our variables and their definitions, measuring the global gender gap can have surprising results.

gender pay gap
Labor
Where To Find A Smaller Global Gender Gap

Trying to find where the global gender gap is smaller, we can look at Rwanda’s labor force and parliament but not in the home.

Business
Finding the Global Gender Gap

Production possibilities graphs and GDP comparisons show us that a bigger gender gap prevents countries from achieving their economic growth potential.

Brazil's Transportation Infrastructure World Cup to-do
Economic History
Brazil’s World Cup To-Do List

Preparing its transportation infrastructure for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, Brazil has one giant to-do list. In the air and on the ground, it has the participants, the officials and the fans that have to be moved around.…

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