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Global Economics Intelligence Executive Summary October 2023 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #881 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #880 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans  aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Aqsa Munir Ahmed Credit: Riya Kumari Credit: Yogendra Singh I would like to share information from Global Economics Intelligence Executive Summary October 2023, presented by McKinsey. It is important to see where the world is going and where we are heading. This realization is even more important because we are so mired in self-created difficulties during the last few years that the common person has lost all sense of direction and rationality. Let us look at the report highlights first. Global Outlook • According to the Internat...

Global Mental Health Crisis in Teens and Its Impact on Future Workforce – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #848 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #848 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Gui Spinardi Credit: cottonbro studio Credit: cottonbro studio Credit: cottonbro studio About 200 million teens are suffering from mental health crisis globally. In the US, about 18 million teens are suffering from various mental health conditions. The alarming part is that there has been a constant trend of increase. The youth mental health crisis is very real. Girls, in particular, are really in crisis. According to the CDC - US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -  report from earlier this year, almost 60 perce...

Deflation in China – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #840 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #840 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: Bryanken Photo Credit: Ivan Samkov Photo Credit: Mr. Dong In Pakistan, we are suffering from severe inflation. The prices are going up and the government is adding fuel to fire by raising prices of fuel, electricity, gas, crop buying, and by increasing wages of government employees by 35%. Every increase in this area adds to inflation. People are suffering hugely while the government does not seem to care. We are almost in a state of hyperinflation and the life is really biting everyone. While inflation represents rising prices, its opposite is ‘deflation’ which represents...

Understanding the Impact of AI and ChatGPT on Jobs – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #811 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #811 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: Airam Dato-on Photo Credit: Tara Winstead Photo Credit: Zen Chung “Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come”, said French poet and novelist, Victor Hugo. He also remarked that “You can resist an army; you cannot resist an idea whose time has come”. This has once again come true full force with the rise of AI and ChatGPT. Artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced language models like ChatGPT are already transforming various industries. However, alongside their transformative potential, concerns about job loss have emerged....

WIPO Global Innovation Index Report 2022 – Part 2 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #734 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #734 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. These blog posts are based on WIPO – World Intellectual Property Rights Report on Global Innovation Index 2022. Photo Credit: Vanessa Loring Photo Credit: Pavel Danilyuk As mentioned in the previous post, GII represents analysis of 132 economies. It is a comprehensive report covering all factors impacting innovation. We can understand that innovation does not happen in isolation. Yes, there may be individual achievements, but to convert these into impactful innovations is a complex process. The world is littered with innovations which were great ideas, ...