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The digitalization divide: opportunities and challenges in emerging markets
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The digitalization divide: opportunities and challenges in emerging markets

Nearly three-fourths of all new value created by the end of this decade will be rooted in digitalization and digitally enabled business models. This underscores the seismic shift toward a digital-first world. While the prospects of this digital revolution are promising, Alexis Serfaty, director of geotechnology at Eurasia Group, highlighted a stark reality: Over 2.5 billion people still lack access to the Internet, effectively excluding them from the digital economy.

Emerging markets most vulnerable to recession and political discontent
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Emerging markets most vulnerable to recession and political discontent

Inflation shockwaves is Eurasia Group's top geopolitical risk No. 4 for 2023. But who is most vulnerable to the effects of rising interest rates and a looming global recession? Emerging markets. Why? For Rob Kahn, managing director for geo-economics at Eurasia Group, these countries are in deep trouble because they have higher debt and more subject to sudden stops of capital flows that'll make it harder for them to pay for stuff. Not to mention that the pandemic has killed any fiscal monetary policy space they had before COVID.

Will China determine the fate of the world?
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Will China determine the fate of the world?

Who's the most powerful person on the planet right now? Xi Jinping, who just got a third term as boss of China's ruling Communist Party. On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer speaks to Antoine van Agtmael, the investor who coined the term "emerging markets" and knows a thing or two about China. He believes China is now the second largest economy in the world and soon to surpass the largest, the United States.

China's innovation means it's winning, says investor
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China's innovation means it's winning, says investor

What will the world look like in the Chinese century? It'll be "much less nice," emerging markets investor Antoine van Agtmael tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World. A lot of that has to with tech innovation coming from a society in which thought is controlled.

How globalization backfired
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How globalization backfired

Antoine van Agtmael knows a thing or two about emerging markets. In fact, he coined the term for investors two decades ago. That's back when when we believed that globalization would create a global middle class. "We believed in globalization. We believed that it would make the world better," van Agtmael tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World. And it did, in many ways.

Chinese power
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Chinese power

Xi Jinping just got a rare third term as the head of China's ruling Communist Party. But having so much power comes with big tradeoffs and implications for China — and the rest of the world. Zero-COVID is saving Chinese lives, yet killing the Chinese economy. And the West is wary of Xi's increasingly muscular foreign policy. On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer speaks to Antoine van Agtmael, the investor who coined the term "emerging markets" and knows a thing or two about China.

China's flag and silhouetted soldiers | GZERO World with Ian Bremmer - the podcast
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Podcast: What if China’s power keeps growing?

Listen: As China's leader Xi Jinping begins an unprecedented third term in office, it's fair to ask: how much will China's future affect the whole world? On the GZERO World podcast, Ian Bremmer speaks to global markets expert and investor Antoine van Agtmael, who believes this will be the "Chinese century."

Is the world on the brink of another global recession?
Crisis Recovery

Is the world on the brink of another global recession?

The global economy's 2023 outlook is ... bleak. Why? Ayhan Kose, the World Bank’s chief economist for Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions, says that unlike the 2009 and 2020 global recessions, next year's likely slowdown in economic activity — coupled with growing inflation — could be more like the one of 1982, which also came with a string of debt crises.

Uncertainties of COVID vaccine rollout timing; US-Russia under Biden
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Uncertainties of COVID vaccine rollout timing; US-Russia under Biden

Ian Bremmer shares his perspective on global politics on this week's World In (More Than) 60 Seconds:

Number one, what will COVID vaccine distribution look like in the United States and elsewhere? What will the United States-Russia relationship look like under a Biden presidency? Okay, let's talk baseball. The Cleveland _____?

What We're Watching: How the pandemic affects Europe, emerging markets, and populist leaders
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What We're Watching: How the pandemic affects Europe, emerging markets, and populist leaders