Headwinds to robust near-term growth include COVID-19-related lockdowns early this year, lingering consumer and business uncertainties, diminishing fiscal support, and the strains of rising public and private debt. Yet, the reopening of economies and the availability of vaccines will gradually unleash a new wave of spending on tourism and services. With more spending opportunities, household saving rates will retreat from the unusually high levels of 2020. In the meantime, an optimistic prediction states that after a 4.0% decline in 2020, world real GDP should increase about 4.5% in 2021.

       工作是生活中不可少的一部分。不僅是獲取薪水的一種手段，工作更可以使個人感到有尊嚴和成就。 只要是覺得自己正在參與有意義的工作，無論是對大型計劃或個人藝術的追求有所貢獻，都會讓人們覺得自 己好像有了目標。儘管這種想創造或想工作的驅力似乎是人類的普遍特徵，但個人工作的環境條件正在不斷 變化。這種變化的現象在重大科技「革命」期間或之後尤其明顯。