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Economics

How trade tensions are transforming the rules of competitiveness

July 31, 2025 • by Fabian Grimm in Economics • 10 min read

As global economic tensions persist, the economies that win the “negotiations over percentages battle” are taking the media spotlight. However, the economies and regions that recognize deeper patterns of adaptation and position...

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Do aggregate economic profit outcomes align with established metrics about national business environments?

January 23, 2024 • by Camilla Erencin, Simon J. Evenett, Alexander Gruber, Felix Reitz in Economics • 4 min read

The economic profit measure developed in the Crux of Capitalism initiative is based solely on reported firm performance. As such it departs from established metrics of the national business environment...

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