Politics · Brazil · 3 hrs ago
Five major changes will challenge Brazil and the world
The next elected leader of Brazil will face five major changes affecting Brazil and the world.
Technology has moved from computers and the internet to artificial intelligence, whose future effects remain uncertain.
Work is also changing, as more people turn to self-employment and apps, while women play a growing role in paid work and family income.
Longer lives are putting pressure on pension systems and public services, including health care for older people.
Global warming is increasing the need for clean energy and new approaches to securing food.
Meanwhile, financial markets have grown to about seven times the size of the global economy, and rising future interest rates call for caution.
Whoever is elected in Brazil on Sunday will face major changes affecting the country and the world.
The article identifies five transformations: information technology, changing work relationships, ageing, global warming and the growth of finance.
It says artificial intelligence is the latest development in information technology, whose effects remain uncertain.
Longer life expectancy is putting pressure on pension systems and increasing demand for care for older people.
The article also calls for a shift to clean energy and a new approach to food security.
- Who
- Whoever is elected in Brazil on Sunday.
- What
- They will face five major transformations affecting Brazil and the world.
- When
- Sunday; the article does not state the date of the election.
- Where
- Brazil and the world.
- Why
- These changes are already under way and are expected to have broad effects.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
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- Transformations identified
- Five: information technology, work relationships, ageing, global warming and finance
- Life expectancy
- Approaching 80 years at birth
- Global financial market
- About seven times global GDP today
- Financial market 25 years ago
- Five times global GDP
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What people are saying
Ainda não está claro seu impacto futuro sobre o sistema monetário e cambial, sobre as reservas dos países e sobre o patrimônio das pessoas e das empresas.
Mas os juros futuros estão em alta em todo o mundo, o que exige cautela.
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