Global Business / Economy
Is the Global Push for Mandatory ESG Disclosure Creating Better Corporate Behavior — or Just a More Sophisticated Compliance Industry?As regulators worldwide push companies toward standardized ESG reporting, the question splits sharply: does mandatory disclosure genuinely improve corporate behavior, or does it just feed a booming compliance industry with little real-world impact? Mary Barra, Michael Porter, and Rachel Brandenburger debate whether transparency drives accountability or just more paperwork.
Global Business / Economy
Is the Age of the Generalist Professional Over — and Is That Making the Economy More Efficient or Just More Fragile?As industries reward ever-narrower expertise, is the generalist professional becoming obsolete — or are we quietly building an economy too brittle to adapt? Adam Grant, Jason Fried, and Sallie Krawcheck debate whether specialization is driving efficiency or sidelining the diverse thinking organizations need most.
Global Business / Economy
Is the Global Minimum Wage Debate Missing the Point?A global minimum wage sounds like a clear win for equity — but if asset prices keep outpacing wage growth, does raising the wage floor actually solve anything? Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, economist Jason Furman, and Fed President Mary Daly debate whether the minimum wage debate is tackling the wrong problem.
Global Business / Economy
Is the Embedded Finance Revolution Being Built on Infrastructure Too Few Companies Control — and Does That Concentration Scare Anyone Besides the Regulators?Embedded finance is quietly built on infrastructure controlled by a handful of companies — is that concentration a resilience risk, or just the efficient price of innovation? Katherine Waterstone, Mark Elliott, and Linda Forte debate whether too few hands on the plumbing of financial services should worry us.
Global Business / Economy
Is Spain's Housing Crisis a Failure of Policy — or the Predictable Result of Treating Homes as Investment Assets?With over 30% of Spaniards spending more than 40% of their income on housing, the question isn't just why rents are so high — it's whether decades of treating homes as investment assets made this crisis inevitable. Richard Murphy, Jose Luis Casero, and Ana María Sánchez debate policy failure versus predictable market logic.
Global Business / Economy
Is Working Past 70 a New Financial Reality — or Something the Labor Market Isn't Actually Designed to Accommodate?As retirement savings fail to keep pace with longer lifespans, more Americans are working well past 70 — but is the labor market actually built to let them? Ken Dychtwald, Elisabeth K. McGowan, and Dr. Richard Johnson examine whether aging workers are being set up to succeed or quietly locked out.
