For the last decade, overpopulation has been considered a major threat to global resource consumption. However, today, the greater risk may be a world with too few people. Previously, there was the assumption that population growth would continue, followed by the labor force and output expanding. Nonetheless, the global economy is now facing the ever-pressing […]
Tag: Global Economy
Sovereign Wealth Funds and the New Geopolitics of Capital
In finance, the glass towers in London, New York, and Singapore are depicted as the pinnacle of markets being exclusively driven by private investors and profit centered motives. However, more importantly, their rise represents a fundamental shift in global markets: investments are no longer driven exclusively by private investors but by states themselves. Behind the […]
India’s Newfound Leadership Status in the Global South: A Recap of the 2023 G20
Recently, the Group of Twenty major world economies, also known as the G20, met in New Delhi to pursue environmental and social concerns through international economic cooperation. With an ever-growing global economy and the unique international political moment of the Global South looking for a bridge to the West, India could step into that role […]
China’s Pursuit for Global Influence Starts to Face Resistance
In northern Laos, blue and white silos tower over blue and white cement plants, which employ workers in blue and white jumpsuits. Something corporate has occupied this jungle. The country is getting its first railway, financed by Chinese loans. Laos has an abundance of natural resources but practically no infrastructure to extract and transport them. […]