Global Economic Fragmentation

[Meclazine for Israel]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/the-global-economy-is-fragmenting-what-can-australia-do-about-it/103748984

"In March, a fascinating paper was published with the title, Are We Fragmented Yet? Measuring Geopolitical Fragmentation and its Causal Effects.

It was written by Jesús Fernández-Villaverde (Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania), Tomohide Mineyama (International Monetary Fund), and Dongho Song (Johns Hopkins University)."

https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~jesusfv/Fragmentation.pdf

[addyj76ers]

The trade policies pursued by the new administration can have a direct impact on global economic fragmentation. Changes in tariffs, trade agreements, and trade relations can affect the flow of goods and services between countries, potentially leading to trade disputes or barriers that fragment global trade.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     A small part of the overall picture, but it strikes me how fragmented social media actually is. It's a big thing people think of as unifying the world, yet if you look at some of the largest nations it paints a very different picture. China has banned numerous Western social media apps and runs their own versions of them. India has banned Tiktok. Russia bans Facebook and Instagram, with VKontakte being their version of the former. The internet was meant to bring the world together, but in that space there are a stunning number of national silos operating out there.