Today in Global Small Business: Trends in Globalization

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• Books, reports, and articles that discuss trends in globalization.
• The KOF Globalization Index measures the economic, social and political dimensions of globalization.
• Why our world needs biggest restraint in biggest-ever election year.
• Quote of the week:  "Think about the race of artificial intelligence … think about the geopolitical tension and the threat of fragmentation we will have to deal with over the next years. The higher debt levels after the pandemic and the energy price hikes, which has shrunk our fiscal space to finance transformation, and given ... very little growth perspective of the global economy." – Germany’s Minister of Finance Christian Lindner, cited from a Davos meeting January, 2024
• The State of Globalization in 2023.
• DHL Global Connectedness Report 2024.