Unhealthy profits
Surgery by Christopher Mouré and Shai Gorsky to explore what takes the not out of not-for-profit healthcare in the US. At the end of November 2023, the New York Times …
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Nudge theory: the elbow or helping hand?
There is a backlash against Nudge Theory. In the original “nudge manifesto”, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness, Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein promoted the political value of …
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The rising costs of creature comforts
Willy Diddens examines how pet care is becoming dominated by big finance. On 21 October 2021 the World Economic Forum, in an article on its internet site, honoured an unexpected …
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Not all’s well
Lebohang Liepollo Pheko tells how wellbeing means different things depending on where you are looking from. The idea of promoting wellbeing economies has been gaining traction, especially among a few …
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Is the opposition equal to the challenge?
Stewart Lansley provides a measure of the task faced by any party that might genuinely seek to tackle poverty in the UK. Labour’s shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has said that a Labour …
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Misogyny’s new clothes
Patricia Gestoso argues that gender discrimination in the interests of men is baked into artificial intelligence by design. In discussions around gender bias in artificial intelligence (AI), there is little …
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Green through a feminist lens
Katy Wiese argues that the US has pointed the way to an economy that is just and fair to people and nature, and Europe now should go the distance. Feminist …
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Petrol on the flames: violence, poverty and neoliberalism in Ecuador
Ecuador has descended into a state of pervading violence and fear and the electorate wants retribution. Maria Gabriela Palacio explains neoliberal economics’ part in this cycle. On 14th August 2023, …
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A woman’s place in India
Mehak Majeed tells of the race against expectations that female Indian academics must run. As an economist at a Kashmir-based university in India, I have experienced first hand the cost …
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China and US: cooling off and global warming
Competing superpowers have much to offer in tackling climate change. Joshua Brown asks: can the US and China put aside their rivalry for the sake of the Earth? It’s a …
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