Sweden outperforms in tech, has a roster of $1 billion-plus start-ups and could be a model as the European Union refigures its growth policies.
Category: Economic Conditions and Trends
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Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games Planners See Economic Upside
The 2028 Games will be the third for Los Angeles as host, but it will be a challenge to repeat the success of 1984.
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Bangladesh Puts Its Eggs in One Economic Basket. Now, a Reckoning.
Garment exports lifted the country to new heights. But overreliance on that industry also helped bring down Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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How Economic Grievances Were Exploited in Britain’s Violent Unrest
Nationalist hatred has been linked to forces like stagnant wages and declining services, even though research shows immigration helps many economies.
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China Battery Tech Reflects Research Boom and Big Spending
Stressing science education, China is outpacing other countries in research fields like battery chemistry, crucial to its lead in electric vehicles.
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Why Japan Was Crushed Most in the Global Market Rout
The fragility of a more-than-year-long stock rally in Japan, fueled in part by a weak yen, has been exposed by the sudden strengthening of the currency.
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Declaring ‘Crisis,’ South Korean Firms Tell Managers to Work 6 Days a Week
The move by some influential companies has raised concerns about work-life balance in a country where long hours at the office are common.
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Japanese Stocks Tumble 6% as Yen Strengthens
A rapidly strengthening yen and a sell-off in stocks in the United States pushed Japan’s markets to a second consecutive day of big losses on Friday.
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Riding With a Trucker, Witnessing India’s Past and Potential
Ragib Khan’s careful journey at the wheel of a long-haul truck revealed how far India’s infrastructure has come and how far it has to go.
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Why Global Investors Are Watching What Japan Does Next
Officials at Japan’s central bank are considering when to raise interest rates, as their counterparts in the United States plan to cut them, which could rattle markets around the world.
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Japan Wanted Higher Inflation. It’s Here, and It Hurts.
Japan’s economy is faltering after a rise in prices led consumers to cut back on spending.
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China Rules Solar Energy, but Its Industry at Home Is in Trouble
The solar sector shows how China conducts industrial policy: It chooses industries to dominate, floods them with loans and lets companies fight it out.