Overview* Even before the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, capitalism was stuck. It had no answers to a host of problems, including disease, inequality, the digital divide and, perhaps most blatantly, the environmental crisis. Taking her inspiration from the ‘moonshot’ programmes which successfully co-ordinated public and private sectors on a massive scale, Mariana Mazzucato calls for […]
This paper employs a mixed data sampling approach to analyse the potential impacts of daily exchange rate on monthly inflation rate. Our results indicate that the response of CPI inflation to changes in the NEER is asymmetric. While exchange rate depreciation results in a persistent increase in the inflation rate, the inflation reducing effect of […]
Overview* Global Megatrends:• Demographic Transitions• Fast Urbanization• Climate Change• Shifts in The Global Economy• Market Volatility and Commodity Cycles• Technological Changes• Fragility and Violence• Controversy regarding Geopolitics & Globalization• Pandemics and Communicable & Non-Communicable Diseases
Overview*Abusive lending practices, misleading investors, manipulating prices, deliberately falsifying figures, cheating, obstruction and taking advantage of ‘the dumbest person in the room’ – they’re actually the main source of profitability in finance. If you want to make money in the industry, you need to find ways of sabotaging either your clients, your competitors or the […]
Overview*Just as 2020 was overwhelmingly about healthcare responses to Covid-19 (and how much many governments got wrong), 2021 will overwhelmingly be about economic responses to Covid-19’s lingering symptoms and scar tissue (debt burdens and misaligned politics), even as vaccines roll out and the healthcare emergency fades. As economic issues come to the fore, there is […]
Overview*Covering many social and political factors, as well as those that are more purely macroeconomic, the authors address topics including ageing, dementia, inequality, populism, retirement and debt finance, among others. This book will be of interest and understandable to anyone with an interest on where the world’s economy is going.
chapter in “The Future of Think Tanks and Policy Advice Around the World”, a book edited by James McGann The purpose of this short article is to closely analyze the nature of this gap between the two sides and identify solutions for every segment of the problem to make a tangible impact. It focuses primarily […]
The new part compiles a set of ECES reports published since April, 2020 under “Views on the Crisis” series, which analyzes and monitors the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID 19) on the Egyptian economy. ECES is also publishing assessments of the current situation of some sectors upon the release of their official data, and is […]
Overview*Throughout the world, capitalism and democracy are being challenged with great force. The world must change, but we cannot change it by throwing money at old ideas that no longer work. We need a new path to a new world where inequality is shrinking, where natural resources are regenerated, and people can benefit from shared […]
Overview* The world is changing drastically before our eyes—will you be prepared for what comes next? A groundbreaking analysis from one of the world’s foremost experts on global trends, including analysis on how COVID-19 will amplify and accelerate each of these changes. By 2030, a new reality will take hold, and before you know it: […]