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UK Ministers are claiming that any ‘exit strategy’ from lock down will follow the science. However what science can they draw on to determine whether any relaxation of current restrictions …
Can there be a science based ‘exit strategy’? Read MoreThe world’s most robust study of universal basic income has concluded that it boosts recipients’ mental and financial well-being, as well as modestly improving employment. Finland ran a two-year universal basic …
Finland’s Universal Basic Income experiment points to improved wellbeing and employment Read MoreThe Covid-19 pandemic affirms the need not just for adequate public health care services, but also the many other services that are essential to keep society running and maintain a …
How Africa’s public waste management schemes lead the way to a zero waste future Read MoreFor months, President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil has insisted the coronavirus is not a serious threat. Beyond instituting a national lockdown in mid-March, his government has left 209 million Brazilians largely …
Activist farmers in Brazil feed the hungry and aid the sick during pandemic Read More
From the publisher: Privatising Justice takes a broad historical view of the role of the private sector in the British state, from private policing and mercenaries in the eighteenth century to …
Privatising Justice: The Security Industry, War and Crime Control Read MoreMuch has been published about the severity of the situation regarding Covid-19 transmission in different refugee camps such as Cox Bazaar and Lambasia in Bangladesh, Zaa’tari and Azraq in Jordan, Baddawi in Lebanon, Moria in Greece, and Matamoros in Mexico. All …
Urban refugees in Turkey uniquely threatened by coronavirus and economic recession Read MoreEmployers claim to have enforced social distancing norms. Workers point to large gatherings at several points in the production process. While industries across the country remained shut because of the …
Hunger drives India’s tea garden employees back to work despite Covid-19 fears Read MoreTen African countries have been downgraded since the COVID-19 pandemic started – Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Nigeria, South Africa, Mauritius and Zambia. These …
Rating agencies downgrading emerging market economies during the COVID-19 pandemic Read MoreSmall farms are seeing an avalanche of sudden growth, and trying to ramp up to meet it. The CSA (community-supported agriculture) model—where an upfront membership fee gets you a weekly …
Community-supported agriculture is thriving during the pandemic Read More
From the publisher: A passionate and informed critique of mainstream economics from one of the leading economic thinkers of our time. This insightful book looks at how mainstream economics’ quest …
What’s Wrong with Economics? Read More