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Finance Minister: “GDP remains an important measure of activity in the economy, but it doesn’t tell us about the quality of that activity” Budget on 30 May is based on a …
Beyond GDP: New Zealand Finance Minister explains shift to budget based on wellbeing indicators Read More
Pope Francis has invited young economists and entrepreneurs around the world to help create a ‘new and courageous culture’ that finds new ways to do business, promote human dignity and …
Pope invites young people to pledge to build a new economy Read More
A “riveting and illuminating” (Yuval Noah Harari) new theory of how and why some nations recover from trauma and others don’t, by the Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of the landmark bestsellers Guns, …
Jared Diamond – Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis Read More
Per Publisher Not since Marx identified the manufacturing plants of Manchester as the blueprint for the new capitalist society has there been a more profound transformation of the fundamentals of …
Peer to Peer: The Commons Manifesto Read More
Per Publisher Blockchain is the technology behind bitcoin and other crypto-currencies. According to Santander, it could save financial institutions $15-20bn a year from 2022 onward. Most experts see an unprecedented …
Blockchain Babel: The Crypto Craze and the Challenge to Business Read More
Dimitri Zenghelis explains why Paul Romer’s theory of endogenous growth can be harnessed to direct and design a net-zero-carbon future while using William Nordhaus’s DICE and RICE models may already …
Nobel for Economics 2018 – a question of imbalance Read More
On the day of its AGM, a group of investors are calling on Italian bank, UniCredit, to start taking climate change seriously. In an action coordinated by responsible investment charity, …
Investors give Italian bank a wake-up call on climate change Read More
It’s hard to tell a story about people smuggling through the lens of humour, but if anyone can do it, it’s Toby Jones and his writing sidekick Tim Crouch Click …
Toby Jones, Bognor Regis and the coach class comedy prodding British tensions Read More
Heat waves are covering wider areas, and people are suffering the consequences. With 2°C of warming, most summers will look like 2018, scientists say. Click here to read full story
Extreme Hemispheric Heat Waves Like 2018’s Growing More Common with Climate Change, Study Says Read More
UK workers’ poor financial well-being is having a significant impact on productivity Savings as a proportion of income is the lowest it has been for nearly 60 years1 40% (13 …
Money Worries Cost UK Economy Up To £51bn A Year Read More