The WTO’s first African—and first female—director-general reflects on the impact of the pandemic on trade, the imperative to ensure that vaccines reach Africa and other emerging economies, and how to ensure that trade is more inclusive.

Forward Thinking on trade, vaccines, and sustainable and inclusive growth with WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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Co-host Janet Bush talks with Ed Glaeser, the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics and the chairman of the Department of Economics at Harvard University. His latest book, coauthored with health economist David Cutler, is Survival of the city: The future of urban life in an age of isolation, written to make sense of what might be the impact of the pandemic on cities. They covers topics including:
•    Has the pandemic changed cities temporarily or permanently?
•    What does the hybrid building look like? 
•    Do developing world cities teach us something new? 
•    How can homelessness be tackled?  See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

What’s the future for cities in the postpandemic world?

Marco Buti and Janet Bush discuss Europe’s competitiveness.

Forward Thinking on Europe’s existential crisis with Marco Buti

A leading market maker for investment in carbon removal believes that tackling climate change has to be done quickly, but that the problem is tractable. Doom-laden thinking has gone too far.

Forward Thinking on the tricky business of removing carbon from our world with Nan Ransohoff

One of the world’s tech scholars talks geeks, two-pizza teams, the 90 percent syndrome and a whole lot more.

Forward Thinking on how geeks are changing the world with Andrew McAfee

“We need to talk about inflation. It’s unfair. It’s not democratic, It’s a terrible thing to unleash on society. And I think many of us have forgotten what damage it can do,” says a leading British economist.

Forward Thinking on trade, vaccines, and sustainable and inclusive growth with WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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