The OECD published revised forecasts for the world economy and individual countries:
http://www.oecd.org/economic-outlook
Are there productivity gains from teleworking? Interesting throughout:
Changes in U.S. real average hourly earnings from June 2009 to December 2019:
Do we need a “science of progress”? (a piece from 2019 by Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen):
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/we-need-new-science-progress/594946
“Economic growth and productivity – Italy and the role of knowledge”: Speech by Mr Ignazio Visco, Governor of the Bank of Italy. Very interesting!
https://www.bis.org/review/r200908a.htm
There is a large and fierce public debate on so-called “zombie” firms (firms that are unprofitable but nevertheless remain in the market). A new BIS working paper on this issue: “Corporate zombies: Anatomy and life cycle”
https://www.bis.org/publ/work882.htm
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