Jeremy Grantham returns to a topic he first addressed in 2013. Not a discussion for the faint of heart, Grantham systematically addresses various underlying biological and ecological trends. He draws the trend lines forward to illustrate how we appear poised to undermine our ability to thrive in the future. His frustration with systemic intransigence is as [...]
According to the International Labour Organization, in 2016 40.3 million people were victims of modern slavery, including 24.9 million in forced labor and 15.4 million in forced marriage. This is the largest number of people enslaved at any time in history. A crime that disproportionately affects women and girls, forced labor is deeply embedded in many [...]
A continuation of research McKinsey first published in 2015, this updated report (January 2018) uses a wider data set to revisit the same financial metrics and more. The results reinforce the growing body of research that finds gender and racial diversity positively correlated with superior financial performance. http://www.revelio.com/delivering-through-diversity_mckinsey_012018/
If you ever wondered about how systemic factors interconnect to impact women, then this is the read for you. It’s a fascinating explanation of how the researchers (with the support of PRIO & GIWPS) identified what systemic factors are linked to women’s well being, and then aggregate them to provide widely differing country profiles. http://www.revelio.com/wps-index-report-2017-18/
Christine Lagarde famously quipped, “If Lehman Brothers had been a bit more Lehman Sisters … we would not have had the degree of tragedy that we had as a result of what happened.” Not surprising, the IMF chief knew what she was talking about. According to an IMF paper published in September, 2018, the presence of [...]
