9 Best Articles in 2020
Visual Capitalist
Ranked: The Most Innovative Economies in the World
Visual Capitalist
~17 min read · 474 saves · Feb 28th · Iman Ghosh · A country's ability to innovate helps it stay competitive on the global stage. Where are the most innovative economies, and how has the list changed?
Vox
“I’ve read the plans to reopen the economy. They’re scary.”
Vox
7 min read · 433 saves · Apr 10th · Over the past few days, I’ve been reading the major plans for what comes after social distancing. You can read them, too. There’s one from the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute, the left…
World Economic Forum
A computer was asked to predict which start-ups would be successful. The results were astonishing
World Economic Forum
4 min read · 433 saves · From 2017 · When a magazine challenged a technology company to use AI to pick 50 unheard of companies that were set to flourish, the experiment yielded dramatic results.
WIRED UK
This economist has a plan to fix capitalism. It's time we all listened
WIRED UK
~17 min read · 414 saves · 2019-10-08 · Mariana Mazzucato has demonstrated that the real driver of innovation isn't lone geniuses but state investment. Now she's working with the UK government, EU and UN to apply her moonshot approach to…
The New Yorker
Can We Have Prosperity Without Growth?
The New Yorker
4 min read · 402 saves · Feb 10th · John Cassidy · The critique of economic growth, once a fringe position, is gaining widespread attention in the face of the climate crisis.
Visual Capitalist
Chart: Here's How 5 Tech Giants Make Their Billions
Visual Capitalist
5 min read · 356 saves · From 2017 · on May 12, 2017 at 1:03 pm The Chart of the Week is a weekly Visual Capitalist feature on Fridays. Last year, we published a chart showing that tech companies have displaced traditional blue chip…
OneZero
How to Destroy ‘Surveillance Capitalism’
OneZero
343 saves · Aug 26th · Cory Doctorow · Surveillance capitalism is just capitalism — with surveillance. Here’s how to beat it.
The Atlantic
Millennials Don’t Stand a Chance
The Atlantic
4 min read · 326 saves · Apr 13th · Annie Lowrey · They’re facing a second once-in-a-lifetime downturn at a crucial moment.
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1% of farms operate 70% of world's farmland
Guardian Environment
2 min read · 60 saves · Nov 24th · Researchers warn land inequality is rising with farmland increasingly dominated by a few major companies
The Wall Street Journal
Four Reasons the Stay-at-Home Economy Is Here to Stay
The Wall Street Journal
6 min read · 49 saves · Nov 21st · Even after a Covid-19 vaccine, changes to how we shop, dine, work out and entertain ourselves are likely to endure.
Financial Times
The kids aren’t alright: How Generation Covid is losing out
Financial Times
44 saves · Nov 17th · A global FT survey shows resentment is brewing among the under-30s as unemployment and restrictions bite
The New York Times
Racism Impoverishes the Whole Economy
The New York Times
4 min read · 38 saves · Nov 18th · Lisa D. Cook · While the targets unquestionably suffer the most, denying people equal opportunities diminishes the finances of millions of Americans.
Financial Times
Why financial literacy matters more than ever
Financial Times
26 saves · Nov 19th · As the economic climate worsens, the FT’s new foundation aims to help improve money management skills for the most vulnerable
BBC News (World)
RCEP: Asia-Pacific countries form world's largest trading bloc
BBC News (World)
3 min read · 20 saves · Nov 15th · The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership covers nearly a third of the global economy.
