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Our global 24/7 economy and the wealth of nations

A market that works relentlessly, 24 hours a day and seven days a week is called 24/7 economy

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Jianghong Li and Wen-Jui Han | The Conversation

This article is the third in our series, Globalisation Under Pressure, on what the changing nature of work means for families and society.


We now live in a world where – thanks to information and communication technologies – we are able to produce and distribute goods, services and capital around the globe virtually nonstop.

To keep merchandise and consumers moving across time zones and national borders, employers must increasingly staff workplaces around the clock. And after worldwide labour deregulation during the past decades’ neoliberal reforms, they are now free to