SubjectEconomy and business
![Il·lustració © Ana Yael Zareceansky. Dues persones es troben assegudes en uns balancins, cadascuna sobre un precipici. Entre les dues persones es veu un pont que aquestes dues persones estan teixint.](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/1100x548_oriol_estela_barnet_2.png?itok=ntR6oVh1)
One of the essential questions with which cities like Barcelona are currently grappling is how can we combine economic success in global terms with local prosperity and social...
![Il·lustració © Ana Yael Zareceansky. Una persona llança una xarxa de pescar. La xarxa és un mapa de ciutats.](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/1100x548_mariona_tomas_fornes_1.png?itok=Xy4hQt11)
The governance of metropolitan areas is a recurring issue on the political agenda. There is no single formula since each city has its peculiarities due to historic and political...
![Una dona penja una pancarta al balcó de casa seva en la qual es llegeix: banca estafa engaña © Pere Virgili](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/entransit-obertura-balco-1100.jpg?itok=2_Btv-FU)
“All housing is political” asserted David Madden on his recent visit to Barcelona to present his book In Defense of Housing, co-authored with Peter Marcuse. Madden believes that...
![Il·lustració © Ana Yael Zareceansky. Una ciutat al centre de la imatge voltada de catifes. Una persona desplega cada catifa en l'extrem més allunyat de la ciutat.](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/1100x548_goma_0.png?itok=J6_MBM1g)
Most of the world’s population is urban, and cities are where all the tensions and challenges of the 21st century are expressed today. With a new municipalism, we can lay claim to the...
![Il·lustració © Ana Yael Zareceansky. Un joc de puzzle de peces quadrades desendreçades. El puzzle és un mapa de l'àrea metropolitana de Barcelona amb els noms d'algunes de les poblacions.](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/1100x548_separata.png?itok=6KDaqIAG)
New economic, social and environmental issues cannot be addressed solely at a municipal level. It is time to consider a new model of institutional integration that enables metropolitan...
![Braç robòtic presentat al 4YFN 2019](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/foto_industria_4-0.jpg?itok=T1yvDqOc)
Information and communications technologies are a strategic sector in a city’s economy, not just because of the volume of investment and jobs they generate, but also because of...
![Il·lustració d'un pont](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/mayo_fuster.png?itok=PhUaiVSH)
The platform economy generates considerable challenges and opportunities. It’s necessary to to distinguish truly collaborative platforms, which must be promoted and protected, from the...
![Dada web](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/06-cultura-03-tencdencies-blockchain-dada-web-1100.jpg?itok=EB9VO1Ay)
Blockchain fans highlight that we may be witnessing the start of a new infrastructure which will revolutionise the relations between small and large agents, traditional and new, in many...
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