Catalonia
ECONOMICS
June 01, Sunday
11:30 – 13:30
Budapest (CEST)

Finding Wholeness in a Fragmenting Global Economy

IEC Conference: 2025

We are living through a period of tumultuous economic, geopolitical and technological disruptions: Trump’s upending of the global trading system, financial volatility, and Central Bank Digital Currencies; a seismic shift from a unipolar to a multipolar world order; an epochal transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy; an explosion of Artificial Intelligence and biotech; and profound demographic shifts as many societies age and shrink while Africa’s burgeoning youth are on the move.

Will this volatile cocktail of pressures result in economic, financial and geopolitical fragmentation and conflict? Or will it usher in a new period of economic dynamism and prosperity, enhanced social equity, and greater environmental responsibility? Will a new kind of wholeness emerge like a phoenix from the ashes? And what role can the Integral community play in birthing more egalitarian, peaceful and sustainable global systems? Let’s explore these urgent issues together.

WAKEFORD, Jeremy Dr.

Switzerland / South Africa

Jeremy’s mission is to apply integral theory to the discipline of economics to help accelerate sustainable development in practice. He holds a Master’s in Economics from Cambridge University and a PhD in Sustainable Development from Stellenbosch University, South Africa. His career spans academia, think tanks, impact investing and a non-profit foundation, first in his native South Africa and more recently in Switzerland. In his leisure time, he enjoys rock climbing, hiking, skiing, swimming, wildlife safaris and other nature-based activities.