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Latest publications on Globalization

G7, wounded in action

June 18, 2018

The US’ decision, just hours after the G7 summit, not to support its closing joint communiqué reaffirming the need for regulated, open multilateral global trade, may have come as a surprise to many, but it was not really surprising.

World Trade at a Crossroads

June 14, 2018

USA, EU and China are the main nodes of the world trade network. 1980-2008 was the most recent period of high dynamism of trade boosted by EM growth, technological and logistic advances and, last but not least, enhanced multilateralism approach. The globalization challenge is to reach a more even distribution of its benefits and protectionism is the wrong policy.

The paradoxical return of protectionism

March 19, 2018

Globalisation is very closely related with economic development. The periods of greatest dynamism in trade and GDP were the decades leading up to the WW I, those following WW II and the period between the mid-1980s and the onset of the crisis in 2009. This latter period was characterised by the prominent role played by emerging markets and technological improvements.

Perspectivas macroeconómicas y retos del mercado de trabajo

July 24, 2017

Desde 2013 se ha producido un intenso proceso de creación de empleo. Tras destruir un 17,1% de la afiliación a la Seguridad Social desde Julio de 2007 a Febrero de 2013, se ha recuperado ya el 68,3% de la afiliación destruida (Junio 2017).

The threat to globalization and technological change: impacts

July 11, 2017

After widespread benefits, especially and unquestionably for EM’s, support for globalization is retreating. Digital technologies and robots are seen as a threat to employment, though probably this is not the case. The backslash has been manifested in advanced economies through populism, which has complex roots.

The enemies of trade

June 26, 2017

Globalisation, which is simply a process which favours greater exchange by overcoming geographical distances and administrative and cultural obstacles, is being called into question.

Tourism, insecurity and opportunity

December 19, 2016

The end of 2016 will bring new record figures for the Spanish tourism sector. This development is crucial for an economy that, after the crisis, needed to increase its exposure to external demand and develop labour-intensive sectors. What is the cause of this strong performance?

U.S. | Income disparity, technology and globalization

December 2, 2016

What are the forces behind the rise in wage inequality throughout the last three decades? Which policies can reverse/correct this path?

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