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Why better pensions help the climate – Bruno Bonizzi explains. In October 2021, two UK-based academics, Dr Neil Davies and Dr Ewan McGaughey, issued proceedings against the directors of the …
Pensions get the green-lite Read More
Nick Bernards looks at financial solutions to poverty and their remarkable durability. In 2019, World Bank vice president for equitable growth, finance and institutions, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, sang the virtues of …
Where is credit due? Read More
Alexander Tziamalis and Yuan Wang point to sources behind ballooning inflation. The bad news: inflation is back in the public spotlight these days and rightly so. Inflation has kept on …
Blowing the house down Read More
LONDON, June 16 (Reuters) – The Bank of England stuck to its gradual increases in interest rates on Thursday, as other central banks took more urgent action, but said it …
Chances of recession in Britain in next two years have increased, J.P. Morgan economists say Read More
Here’s a big number: $44 trillion. That’s how much of the world’s total economic output is dependent on animals and ecosystems, according to the World Economic Forum. Insects pollinate commercial crops, coral reefs protect coastal …
Why investors suddenly care about saving the environment Read More
Kat Johnston didn’t expect the pandemic to make her less stressed about her finances. After all, she temporarily lost her job at the library where she worked full time. But, …
Inflation is expected to remain high later this year even as the economy slows and layoffs rise Read More
The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the fifth time in a row to 1.25% and set the scene to act more “forcefully” ahead because of a mounting …
Fifth consecutive hike as interest rate raised to 1.25% by Bank of England Read More
The UK is in the grip of a fierce cost-of-living crisis. In May, the country’s inflation rate hit a 40-year high of 9%, and although the current crisis is global, the …
Climate versus cost: what does the UK’s energy crisis tell us about the economics of net-zero in an energy-scarce world? Read More
Apple is getting into the “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) business with its new Pay Later service built into Apple Pay and Apple Wallet. While Apple bills the service as “designed with …
The ugly economics behind Apple’s new Pay Later system Read More
Arnold Kling notes in a blog post that the recent issue of the Journal of Economic Literature, a prominent peer-reviewed econ journal, is largely sociology. He links to a different blog post by Florida State …
Economists Aren’t Doing Much Economics These Days Read More