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Keep calm Brits, the Romanians are coming!
Written by Andreea Vasile
It’s been seven years since Romania joined the European Union and even though this event sounded like arriving in the promised land, this wasn’t quite the case. Great Britain didn’t give work permits to Romanian citizens as the government was afraid of what they called a potential … “invasion”. We’re […]
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GES Open Solution: Win a Ticket to Kiel!
Written by Mario Wiedemann
The Global Economic Symposium (GES) aims to provide a new collaborative setting to analyze the world’s most important economic problems, create shared visions of the future and formulate innovative strategies to achieve these visions. This year the symposium will take place from October 1st to 2nd in Kiel, Germany. The […]
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Social progress – thanks to social participation
Written by Future Challenges team
Studying true social well-being: The factors countries use to measure progress – and why public debate on the topic is enough to spark change. Increasing gross domestic product alone is not an adequate measure of social progress, something that many people around the globe have come to recognize. In various […]
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The long winding road to the EU-India free trade agreement
Written by Anuja Upadhyay
No economy can grow in isolation and in that respect trade plays a very important role. However, before getting into any trade agreement you need to do a proper cost-benefit analysis. The European Union has had its share of problems from mounting fiscal deficits to chronic depression, and India as […]
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The Collaboratory Globalization and Internet Initiative – Information, People, Goods
Written by Future Challenges team
Future Challenges is co-initiator of the Internet and Society Collaboratory’s 9th initiative: Globalization and Internet – Information, People, Goods. The Idea behind the Initiative Trade agreements like the pending TAFTA hold great potential for people, the flow of information and the exchange of goods, and thus for progress and prosperity […]
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Las deudas económicas del CAFTA
Written by Mariana Belloso
Abstract: Seven years have have passed since El Salvador became the first country to start the application of the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), signed with the United States. The agreement has had many detractors since its negotiation, and many sectors insist it has affected the Salvadoran production and even increased […]
