ZURICH, November 7, 2024 — There is no shortage of global challenges these days — and how they play out locally varies considerably. Historian and author Adam Tooze discusses three of them in a series of brief one-on-one conversations with Mpower Partners Fund General Partner Yumiko Murakami, Habibie Center Chairman Dewi Fortuna Anwar, and Natixis Chief Economist for Asia Pacific Alicia García Herrero, each starting with a single graph. (49 min., 20 sec.)

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Graph 1: World Population Growth, 1700-2100. Based on HYDE, UN, and UN Population Division Data [2022]. In: Max Roser and Hannah Ritchie: Two centuries of rapid global population growth will come to an end. Published on OurWorldinData.org, 2023.

Graph 2: Share of Trade-Distorting Industrial Policies by Motive. In: Anna Ilyina, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu and Michele Ruta: Industrial Policy is Back. Is That a Good Thing? Published on EconoFact, October 21, 2024.

Graph 3: Economies With Three or More Top 100 S&T clusters, 2024. In: World Intellectual Property Organization: Global Innovation Index 2024.