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Jan Mischke

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Jan Mischke is a partner at the McKinsey Global Institute.

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  1. Strengthening the Global Balance Sheet
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    Strengthening the Global Balance Sheet

    Jun 8, 2023 Olivia White, et al. outline four medium-term scenarios for the world economy, each implying dramatically different outcomes.

  2. Addressing Europe’s Corporate Technology Gap
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    Addressing Europe’s Corporate Technology Gap

    May 5, 2022 Jan Mischke & Jurica Novak show why disruptive innovation is crucial to the region’s future competitiveness and prosperity.

  3. Productivity After the Pandemic
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    Productivity After the Pandemic

    Apr 20, 2021 Laura Tyson & Jan Mischke argue that crisis-induced supply-side improvement could be jeopardized by demand-side risks.

  4. Yes to Affordable Housing in My Backyard
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    Yes to Affordable Housing in My Backyard

    Feb 7, 2018 Jan Mischke says that unless cities take steps to facilitate home building, many will face economic stagnation.

  5. Awaiting the Construction Revolution
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    Awaiting the Construction Revolution

    Aug 10, 2017 Nick Baveystock & Jan Mischke see an opportunity for a stagnant sector to change its ways and boost its lagging productivity.

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    Countering Trump’s Politics of Fear

    Koichi Hamada calls for a new set of policies that responds to, rather than dismisses, US voters’ legitimate fears.
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    Where Are the Democrats?

    Reed Galen lambasts the party for sitting by and watching America implode, in the misguided hope of winning the midterms.
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    Signs of a US Recession

    Dambisa Moyo catalogues several indicators suggesting that the world's largest economy is headed for a slump.
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    Trump’s Trade War

    Less than two months into his second presidency, Donald Trump has imposed sweeping tariffs on America’s three largest trading partners, with much more to come. This strategy not only lacks any credible theoretical foundations; it is putting the US on a path toward irrevocable economic and geopolitical decline.

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    Why Frugal AI Alone Won’t Fix AI’s Energy Problem

    Boris Ruf explains why shifting the responsibility for reducing AI’s carbon footprint to end users is counterproductive.
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    The Global South’s Path to Economic Resilience

    Anwar Ibrahim

    Today's profound global uncertainty is not some accident of history or consequence of values-free technologies. Rather, it reflects the will of rival great powers that continue to ignore the seminal economic and social changes underway in other parts of the world.

     explains how Malaysia and other middle powers are navigating increasingly uncertain geopolitical terrain.
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    America’s “HIP” Economy

    Todd G. Buchholz sees developments and breakthroughs in health, information, and power as grounds for optimism.
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    Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

    Andrés Velasco reflects on the tragic fate of the country that took him in as a teenage refugee from Augusto Pinochet's Chile.
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    The Global Divide Over the Ukraine War

    Brahma Chellaney urges all parties to adopt a realistic approach to a deadlocked conflict and negotiate accordingly.

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