Lauren Johnston

Aug 21, 2023 | enca.com | Lauren Johnston

This month the heads of state of Brazil, India, China, and South Africa, and Russia’s foreign minister standing in for their president, will gather in Johannesburg. That the city was home to a late 1800s gold rush may be resonate with history if this this year’s BRICS meet kickstarts a part-return to a gold standard global monetary system.

Jul 4, 2023 | link.springer.com | Lauren Johnston

Jun 10, 2023 | banoyi.com | Lauren Johnston

May 11, 2023 | econotimes.com | Lauren Johnston

China will no longer be the world’s most populous nation. India’s population will overtake it this year at an estimated population of 1.42 billion. It’s an epochal transition which speaks to other underlying demographic changes across the world, including the fact that China’s population has peaked and is now falling. Meanwhile, the region with the fastest-rising population – from a current base of around 1.4 billion – is Africa.

May 11, 2023 | econotimes.com | Lauren Johnston