Jaana Remes

Writing for PS since 2013
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Jaana Remes is a San Francisco-based partner at the McKinsey Global Institute.

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Latin America’s Missing Middles
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Latin America’s Missing Middles

Aug 21, 2019 Jaana Remes & Homi Kharas say new digital technologies could boost the region's flagging economic growth and make it more inclusive.

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Can Smart Cities Be Equitable?
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Can Smart Cities Be Equitable?

Jun 7, 2018 Homi Kharas & Jaana Remes explain how to prevent digitally-driven urban planning and services from fueling inequality.

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Why China’s Cities Will Drive Global Growth
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Why China’s Cities Will Drive Global Growth

Sep 7, 2016 Chang Ka Mun & Jaana Remes argue that urban consumers represent the future of the global economy.

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Emerging Economies’ Demographic Challenge
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Emerging Economies’ Demographic Challenge

Feb 26, 2015 Martin Neil Baily & Jaana Remes argue that accelerated productivity gains are key to sustaining catch-up growth.

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Brazil’s Own Goals
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Brazil’s Own Goals

Jun 10, 2014 Matt Slaughter & Jaana Remes attribute the country's recent slowdown partly to its lagging global connectedness.

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Abolish the Billionaires?

Edoardo Campanella

Even many of the wealthiest Americans would agree that the United States needs to overhaul its tax policies to restore a sense of social justice. But, notes Edoardo Campanella, Future of the World Fellow at IE University's Center for the Governance of Change, such reforms would not be enough to restart the engines of social mobility and promote greater equality of opportunity.

A Living Wage for Capitalism

Jim O'Neill

Higher nominal wages for low-paid workers can boost real earnings, increase consumer spending, and help make housing more affordable. And insofar as raising the minimum would increase companies’ wage bill, it would create a stronger incentive to replace labor with capital, which could lay the foundation for renewed productivity growth.