Zimbabwe, on April 30, 2024. Zimbabwe's new ZiG notes and coins began circulating on Tuesday, marking a significant step in the country's monetary reform to curb inflation just three weeks after the electronic form of the currency started trading. (Photo by Shaun Jusa/Xinhua) ...
Research has been showing a trend in rising temperature and increasing occurrence of extreme heatwaves since the 1950s1,2. This continuous pattern raises concerns about the potential impacts of climate change and its associated socioeconomic costs. Notable effects of heat stress are on human health ...
Although humans display inequality aversion, many people appear to be untroubled by widespread economic disparities. We suggest that such indifference is partly attributable to a belief in the fairness of the capitalist system. Here we report six studies
Thus, in the system of national income accounts of economies, it is assumed that the financial balance of an economy, i.e., the net acquisition of financial assets (new assets acquired less new liabilities) should be zero. The rationale behind this assumption is explained by Dudley Jackson (...
regional societies. These pathways, named SSP1 to SSP5, include scenarios such as Sustainability, Middle of the Road, Regional Rivalry, Inequality, and Fossil-fuel Development. They are used to assess and quantify the challenges related to mitigation and adaptation in different socioeconomic contexts...
2019). Evidently, the substantial increase in the production of ethanol from corn in the USA since the mid-2000s has established the USA as the foremost producer of fuel ethanol globally. However, these biofuel initiatives have instigated and are projected to bring about alterations in land ...
For a number of years the most industrialized countries (UK, USA, and some cases on continental Europe) continued to experience growth of both industrial andservices sectors(at the expense of agriculture) but from the 1970s it became clear, first in the USA, then in the whole of Western Eu...
1 In nominal terms, China’s GDP was 64 percent that of the United States in 2017, making it the second largest economy in the world. China is a considerable player on a global stage—and the strategic choices it makes could be pivotal for global growth. We freely acknowledge ...
The currently well-known supermarkets in the province include RT-Mart and Wanjialong in Jinan and Carrefour in Qingdao. Perceiving the optimistic potential market in Shandong, many of the world-renowned retailers, such as Wal-Mart of USA and Carrefour of France, have invested in Jinan, Qingdao...
The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim at jointly improving economic, social, and environmental outcomes for human prosperity and planetary health. However, designing national economic policies that support advancement across multiple Sustaina