In 2024, MGI delved into the defining components of the new era sweeping our world. We analyzed the changing geometry of global trade and provided a reality check on the physical challenges of the energy transition. We examined global productivity growth, the imperative to raise investment, and opportunities to close the productivity gap between large and small businesses. We also explored the evolving future of work, the race to deploy AI and adjust skills, and the challenges of tight labor markets. Building on our research on economic empowerment, we mapped out a broad “affordability agenda” that could alleviate some of the burden for low-income households. Finally, we identified 18 industries likely to become arenas of competition that drive economies, well-being, and prosperity around the globe. The following data visualizations, grouped into our five core research themes, encapsulate some of our key findings over the past year.
Global connections
Exploring how flows of goods, services, people, capital, and ideas shape economies
Resources of the world
Building, powering, and feeding the world sustainably
Productivity and prosperity
Creating and harnessing the world’s assets most productively
Human potential
Maximizing and achieving the potential of human talent
Technology and markets of the future
Exploring the next big arenas of value and competition
