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A new look at the declining labor share of income in the United States
– Globalization, technology, and other often-cited factors may not be the main causes.

‘Tech for Good’: Using technology to smooth disruption and improve well-being
– Focusing on innovation, skills, and labor fluidity will be keys to good social outcomes of technology adoption.

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Tackling bias in artificial intelligence (and in humans)

Twenty-five years of digitization: Ten insights into how to play it right

What every CEO needs to know about ‘superstar’ companies

Applying artificial intelligence for social good
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FEATURED RESEARCH

Digital identification: A key to inclusive growth
– New research by the McKinsey Global Institute shows how good digital ID is a new frontier in value creation for individuals and institutions around the world.

Latin America’s missing middle of midsize firms and middle-class spending power
– Digital could help the region reboot inclusive growth and regain lost ground.

Digital India: Technology to transform a connected nation
– Indian consumers have strongly embraced digital technologies. Now India’s companies must follow suit.

‘Superstars’: The dynamics of firms, sectors, and cities leading the global economy

Jobs lost, jobs gained: What the future of work will mean for jobs, skills, and wages

Skill shift: Automation and the future of the workforce

Globalization in transition: The future of trade and value chains
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Featured Media

Thomas L. Friedman and James Manyika: The world’s gone from flat, to fast, to deep
The New York Times columnist reflects on how technology is changing our world in a conversation with James Manyika.

The New World of Work Podcast
The McKinsey Global Institute explores how technologies like automation and artificial intelligence are shaping how we work, where we work, and the skills and education we need to work.

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Interactive - McKinsey Global Institute

Visualizing global debt
– See how the debt of 51 countries has evolved since 2000 in an interactive data visualization.
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Visualizing the uses and potential impact of AI and other analytics
– This interactive data visualization shows the potential value created by artificial intelligence and other analytics techniques... for 19 industries and nine business functions.

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Anger over tariffs obscures a shift in patterns of global trade
– Over the past decade, globalisation has undergone little-noticed but profound structural shifts that are tilting the playing field... in favour of advanced economies, write Susan Lund and James Manyika in Financial Times.
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The emerging world’s high achievers
– The most successful emerging-economy companies, which tend to be export-oriented, not only boost growth, but also help to spur... progress in the business environment, write Anu Madgavkar and Jeongmin Seong in Project Syndicate.
Article - Harvard Business Review

The best performing emerging economies emphasize competition
– The best emerging-market firms are more competitive than firms in advanced economies including the United States and the United... Kingdom, write Jonathan Woetzel, Anu Madgavkar and James Manyika in Harvard Business Review.
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