Almost half of the global population still is not using the internet. During the pandemic being offline makes it difficult or even impossible to access many goods, services and social benefits, thereby deepening social exclusion....
Global FDI flows may decrease by up to 40 per cent in 2020 as a result of the pandemic. The entrepreneurs must first count the losses, assess the future demand, and above all, accumulate profits which ultimately finance most of...
The pandemic crisis is an opportunity to rethink the role of the state in the economy. Professor Rainer Kattel, an economist from University College in London, argues that administration can foster innovation and that the state...
The global financial crisis originated in the banking system, first in the US, and then in Europe. The 2009 recession was the consequence of the banks’ freeze on lending and the resulting uncertainty. Today, the situation is...
The lockdown measures have hurt both the Polish and the Ukrainian economy, but the strength of the impact is not the same. The long-term effects in the two countries will also be different. Unemployment may turn out to be the...
The central banks of the world’s major economies responded relatively quickly to the economic and financial threats caused by the pandemic by using several measures. The goal was to ensure the availability of preferential loan...
It's hard to believe that at the beginning of this year Germany was wondering what to do with its budget surplus. The “black zero” policy, which basically boils down to maintaining balanced budgets, was still popular.
The coronavirus pandemic may have shown various weaknesses of the pharmaceutical industry, but it has potentially created an opportunity for the sector to cure itself. The pandemic could solve the problems of patents and...
In anticipation of the return of more commercial airlines to the European sky, this air gap is filled by private and small business planes whose number of landings and departures with tourists and business travelers is expressed...
In 2020, the global energy consumption will decrease by about 6 per cent, and more than 3 million energy industry workers have already lost or will lose their jobs. At the same time new investments are needed to ensure that there...