London Event May 15 – ‘Imagining Work in 2030’
Tuesday, May 15. 6pm at Juju’s Bar and Stage, the Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London. In conjunction with Juju’s BarContinue Reading
Project for the Study of the 21st Century
Tuesday, May 15. 6pm at Juju’s Bar and Stage, the Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London. In conjunction with Juju’s BarContinue Reading
First edition of Abraham Ortelius‘ map of Asia (1572), displaying a vast network of waterways across East Asia, advocating hisContinue Reading
Cat Tully is founder of School of International Futures; a think-tank that builds the capacity of policy-makers, decision-makers and civilContinue Reading
WHERE: King’s College London – Strand Nash Lecture Theatre K2.31, London, WC2R 2LS WHEN: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 from 6:00Continue Reading
In response to this stalled development of women in the workforce, Prime Minister Abe pledged to create a society in which ‘all women can shine’. He acknowledged that women had long been an under-utilised resource in the Japanese economy and promised to boost female labour participation rates, increase the presence of women in corporate board rooms and improve gender equality.
The world economy is looking a bit bleak after the recent crisis in Greece and crash in China. Read these five posts to learn how international politics and foreign policy can interfere with markets all over the globe.
On September 2, 2015, PS21 interviewed Emad Mostaque, strategist at Ecstrat, on the implication of the stock market crisis in China and Greece’s sovereign debt crisis on the global economy.
Deflation driven by loss of global demand like this is not easy to combat, as the Chinese are now realising. For commodity prices to be where they are now, it is clear that the world as led by China is suffering a slump in demand, which suggests that economic growth is much lower than the world’s stock markets are trying to reflect.
While cooperation between China and Russia looks to be at its strongest since the Sino-Soviet split, it is extremely one-sided, benefitting China but offering little to Russia in return. The natural counterweight to China is Europe and Russia working together. To restore its strength, Russia must shift back to a course of engagement and friendship with Europe.
Last Thursday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi officially dedicated what many are calling ‘the new Suez Canal,’ an expansion that will run parallel to the original canal. In addition to allowing for more traffic to pass through and reducing ships’ waiting times, Sisi claims the ‘new canal’ will grow the country’s economy exponentially.