Kidnap: Inside the Ransom Business
Millions of people work, live, and travel in high-risk countries; very few are kidnapped and, of those that are, almost all come home safely – how can this be? Anja …
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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference – Greta Thunberg
The history-making, ground-breaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young activist who has become the voice of a generation This book brings you Greta in her own words, for the first …
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India’s Taj Mahal of trash is a toxic nightmare
New Delhi’s “rubbish mountain” just keeps growing and growing. The Taj Mahal, the famous 240-foot-high tomb, is India’s best known landmark. But now a different sort of tomb, New Delhi’s Ghazipur landfill …
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D-Day: How the US Supported Hitler’s Rise to Power
On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, opening a second front against German fascism. The largest contingents of fighters were British, American, and Canadian. This …
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Hive mind! What’s the 8th Way to Think Like a 21st Century Economist?
Back in January, Rethinking Economics and Doughnut Economics launched a competition asking: What’s the 8th way to think like a 21st century economist? We got over 250 responses and our …
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Major Companies Face USD 1 Trillion in Climate Risks
A group of the world’s biggest companies representing nearly US$17 trillion in market capitalization have valued the climate risks to their businesses at almost US$1 trillion – with many likely to …
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On a Plate
Auckland-based illustrator Toby Morris reminds us that not everyone gets the same privileges in life, with this brilliant comic titled “On a Plate”. The illustrations depict the story of two …
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Discourse Analysis and Austerity Critical Studies from Economics and Linguistics, 1st Edition
Edited by Kate Power, Tanweer Ali, Eva Lebdušková In the immediate aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008, governments around the developed world coordinated policy moves to stimulate economic …
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75+ Business Leaders Lobby Congress for Carbon Pricing. Did Republicans Listen?
Microsoft, Pepsi, Levi’s and others are calling for carbon taxes or fees that could scale up innovation fast enough to combat climate change. An epic quest loomed Wednesday before the …
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‘It’s getting harder to be young’: Five generations of homelessness
A Centrepoint study exposes the way high housing costs, low security and frozen wages have hit young people over the past 50 years The number of young people pushed into …
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