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The Future of Wealth Insights from Discussions Building on an Ini4al Perspec4ve by: Prof. Julio J. Prado | IDE Business School | Ecuador

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Page 1: Future of wealth - Insights from Discussions Building on an Initial Perspective by Prof. Julio J.Prado Head of the Economics Department  IDE Business School  Ecuador

 The  Future  of  Wealth      Insights  from  Discussions  Building  on  an  Ini4al  Perspec4ve  by:    Prof.  Julio  J.  Prado  |  IDE  Business  School  |  Ecuador    

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Context  The  ini4al  perspec4ve  on  the  Future  of  Wealth  kicked  off  the    

Future  Agenda  2.0  global  discussions  taking  place  through  2015.    This  summary  builds  on  the  ini4al  view  and  is  updated  as  we  progress  

Ini4al  Perspec4ves  Q4  2014  

Global  Discussions  Q1/2  2015  

Insight  Synthesis  Q3  2015  

Sharing    Output  Q4  2015  

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Inequality  On  The  Agenda  Inequality  has  become  a  concern  not  just  for  developing  countries  but  also  for  

those  in  the  US  and  the  Euro  Zone:  56%  of  people  living  in  rich  countries  believe  the  most  pressing  problem  of  the  economy  is  inequality.  

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Human  Capitalism  There  is  an  increasing  pressure  to  move  to  a  new  form  of  capitalism,  one  with    a  more  human  side  to  it  that  reconnects  with  the  need  to  create  and  distribute  wealth  for  the  benefit  of  society  rather  than  for  the  benefit  of  a  select  few.  

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Influence  of  China  As  the  importance  of  China  as  a  producer  and  consumer  grows,  there  is  increasing  concern  about  how  a  poten4al  downturn  in  that  economy  will    affect  the  rest  of  world,  s4ll  feeling  the  pinch  from  the  last  recession.  

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Increasing  Tensions    It  will  be  very  difficult  to  revert  the  trend  of  stagnant  growth  and  high  inequality  that  is  seen  in  many  of  the  richest  economies  leading  to    increasing  poli4cal  and  societal  tensions  and  poten4al  flash  points.  

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Overseas  Ownership  Greater  wealth  creates  more  op4ons  to  invest  money  in  state-­‐owned  projects  all  over  the  world,  especially  in  those  countries  who  have  deficits,  leading  to  a  shi^  to  overseas  ownership  of  na4onal  treasures  in  many  parts  of  the  world.  

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A  SystemaBc  View  Policy  makers  from  around  the  world  will  have  to  look  at  the  problems    

of  wealth  crea4on  and  wealth  inequality  in  a  more  systemic  way,    with  the  use,  for  example,  of  a  complexity  framework.  

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Seeing  the  Bigger  Picture  We  need  to  start  looking  at  the  issues  of  wealth  crea4on  not  in  isola4on,  looking  at  specific  solu4ons  for  each  country  but  to  think  of  solu4ons  for  a  

system  that  is  interconnected  and  complex.  

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Top-­‐down  and  BoGom-­‐up  It  will  be  necessary  to  adopt  both  a  top-­‐down  and  bo`om-­‐up  approach    

that  involves  society  as  a  whole  and  especially  private  business,    in  the  process  of  crea4ng  wealth  and  reducing  inequality.      

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Avoiding  Unrest  We  need  to  address  the  issues  of  wealth  crea4on  and  wealth  distribu4on  in  order  to  avoid  a  build-­‐up  of  societal  pressure  that  leads  to  poli4cal  

instability,  societal  unrest  and  even  regime  change.  

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Reassessment  of  Causes  and  Effects  The  causes  and  the  effects  of  the  Great  Depression  and  the  Great  Recession  need  to  be  reassessed  in  the  light  of  their  effect  on  wealth:  Especially  how  

different  policy  responses  affected  wealth  crea4on  and  distribu4on.  

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CorporaBons  in  Society        The  shi^  for  companies  being  ‘apart  from  society’  to  being  ‘part  of  society’  sees  a  different  type  of  accountability  being  required  from  society  as  the  real  purpose  of  the  corpora4on  is  remembered  –  but  shareholder  primacy  remains.  

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Visibility  and  Transparency  of  Wealth    If  we  are  to  shi^  to  a  fairer,  more  just  divide  and  distribu4on  of  wealth,  the  changes  will  driven  by  increasing  transparency  on  pay  and  wealth  as  well  as  rising  social  and  consumer  tension  coupled  with  direct  shareholder  ac4vism.  

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Measuring  Wealth  in  a  More  Human  Way    As  we  evolve  from  seeing  progress  purely  as  growth  of  GDP  and  income  per  capita  to  a  more  holis4c  understanding  and  measurement  of  wealth,  the  

metrics  by  which  we  judge  success  will  have  to  be  reinvented.  

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ConBnuous  Learning  to  Enable  Employment    As  the  pace  of  change  accelerates,  the  knowledge  economy  grows  and  the  

value  of  accredita4on  declines.  This  leads  to  a  shi^  from  "educa4on  then  work"  to  a  world  of  "con4nuous  learning”  needed  to  keep  us  all  employable.  

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Changing  Dynamics  of  ConsumpBon    A  move  to  more  conscious  consump4on  of  experiences  instead  of  the  hyper-­‐consump4on  of  stuff  results  in  a  shi^  in  the  u4lisa4on  of  assets  and  social  view  of  status  and  hence  associated  anxiety  around  progress  in  a  low-­‐growth  world.  

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Re-­‐distribuBon  of  Wealth      As  baby  boomers  in  the  West  age  and  spend,  the  burden  on  society  grows    and  average  produc4vity  declines  -­‐  with  emerging  markets  ever  more  influen4al.  So  what  role  will  Government  play  in  bridging  the  gap.  

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Scarcity  of  CriBcal  Resources    As  access  to  key  resources  con4nue  to  underpin  wealth  crea4on,    

shi^s  in  the  view  of  what  is  a  cri4cal  resource  -­‐  something  we  need  or  something  we  want  -­‐  start  to  change  the  balance  and  benefits  of  ownership.  

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