Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: As a series of crises engulf the world, from conflicts to #climatecrisis, there is ...

As a series of crises engulf the world, from conflicts to #climatecrisis, there is often discussion of a retreat of #globalisation - that the world is becoming de-linked, and less interconnected economically.

Whether you think that is a good thing or a bad thing, the IMF helpfully have a graph that measures global 'openness' (one metric go globalisation). While this would miss a shift from globalisation to regionalisation, it still suggests we continue to have a globalised world economy