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Boom! Shake the gloom? Does China’s reopening mark a new beginning?
29 Mar. 2023
China looks set for a rapid economic rebound in the first quarter after finally abandoning its zero-COVID policy. But will the recovery prove temporary as longer-term dynamics reassert themselves?
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Engaging on neurodiversity: What can be learned from other DE&I initiatives
10 Mar. 2023
Many diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives have seen improvements in recent years, but neurodiversity has not progressed at the same pace. Abigail Herron explores what can be applied from other successful DE&I campaigns to put neurodiversity firmly in the spotlight.
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Why inflation is likely to prove sticky
17 Feb. 2023
Central banks will find it far harder to eradicate inflation than markets anticipate and will be in no hurry to ease off on rate hikes, argues Ian Pizer.
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Follow the leader: Why companies should take the drama out of CEO succession planning
19 Jan. 2023
Botched leadership handovers can severely impair company performance. To satisfy investors, boards need to take succession planning more seriously, argue Trevor Green and Louise Piffaut.
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Debt, demand and demographics: Can the Chinese economy avoid ‘Japanification’?
29 Nov. 2022
With an ageing population, rising debt and vulnerabilities in the property market, China risks following Japan’s path from runaway growth to financial crisis and stagnation. Can Xi’s government rebalance the economy and change course?
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Confronting a permacrisis? The intersection between antimicrobial resistance, climate change and biodiversity loss
23 Nov. 2022
Will a warmer and less biodiverse world give pathogens new opportunities, and do we have the tools to confront disease? This report discusses the complex intersection of three planetary crises and calls for urgent action to slow resistance to antimicrobial drugs – an obvious public health emergency.
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What does the data say? Politics and markets
11 Nov. 2022
In this month’s instalment of our visual series on topical themes, we look at how political events have shaped markets in 2022 and further back in time.
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When the numbers don’t add up: UK learns painful lesson not to buck the market
8 Nov. 2022
Governments around the world would do well to heed the lessons of recent chaotic events in Britain that concluded with Liz Truss becoming the country’s shortest-lived prime minister.
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Zero-COVID: China’s costly policy error
10 Aug. 2022
Beijing’s ideological battle to stamp out COVID-19 appears increasingly misguided as the rest of the world learns to live with the virus. But the impact of China’s approach will be felt far beyond its borders.
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What does the data say? Are we close to 1970’s-style stagflation?
29 Jul. 2022
In this month’s instalment of our visual series on topical themes, we look at whether the global economy is heading towards stagflation.
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Supply chains, painkillers and gene editing: ESG risks in pharma
29 Jun. 2022
Reflecting on ESG risks in the pharmaceutical industry, Sora Utzinger discusses supply chains and counterfeit medicines, access to painkillers, and the ethics of gene editing.
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Deep water: Ten threats to marine ecosystems
8 Jun. 2022
Our air, weather, food, the health of diverse marine life and millions of jobs all depend on the ocean. But we have not done well as custodians of marine ecosystems. Here, we set out ten ways where human actions threaten the health of an essential environment.
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