Discover what First World countries are: developed, industrialized nations with stable democracies, high living standards, ...

Understanding our current political conjuncture requires an understanding of the neoliberalist trajectory that nurtured ...

Understanding the Global Role of the US Economy With significant changes in economic policy likely in the U.S., economists at the World Bank attempt to assess their impact on the rest of the world.

Learn how quotas regulate trade by limiting goods’ imports or exports. Explore their role in boosting domestic production and ...

Prices in the rich world are still rising by 9% year on year. Investors and statisticians will get better at understanding the world economy during periods of volatility and inflation.

A consensus is emerging that the world is cleaving into blocs—not only geopolitically but economically, too. In 2020, the economist Douglas Irwin wrote that “the COVID-19 pandemic is driving the world ...

UCL President & Provost Dr Michael Spence writes about how teaching people how to disagree well is necessary for solving societal problems, as polarisation grows and trust in institutions declines, ...

A.I. will disrupt every aspect of the global economy, including investment banking, consumer goods, heavy industry and professional freelance work. But its effects will be felt in different ways.

Economic zones are fundamental to understanding modern-day capitalism.