Warning – explicit language
Donnie Maclurcan offers a guide to philanthropic organisations on how they might improve their game in today’s world where growth can be sidelined and the C-word banned. I sense a …
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From morality to merchandise
Adam Smith’s life and intellectual journey from BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time with the help of Gemini. The 18th-century Scottish Enlightenment was a hotbed of intellectual ferment, producing thinkers …
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How Napoleon’s loss gave one poor stockbroker an advantage
The tale of groundbreaking economist, David Ricardo, from BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time using Gemini. David Ricardo, a name synonymous with economic theory, particularly the concept of comparative advantage, …
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Same as the old boss
In November 2020, Zambia defaulted on its international debt, the first African country to do so since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Howard Stein and Horman Chitonge criticise the …
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Can America be Progressive Again?
Alan Freeman asks why the US fears being progressive when its economic power was built by progressive policies. Imagine this: a new US political party stands for election committed to …
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World Bank called to account – The SAPRI report, 20 years on
Rick Rowden talks to Doug Hellinger, the leader of a groundbreaking probe into World Bank programmes in the developing world, about the initiative’s significance and its lessons for today’s advocacy …
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Inflated interest
Bond Snodgrass tracks the trajectory of the practice of self-interest from a noble aspiration to plain selfishness. Every year, unwitting introductory economics students worldwide crack open their shiny new textbooks …
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All round sound investments
Investment droughts in energy generate conflict and misery in the Global South and fuel a flood of migration while impairing bids for sustainability. Prashant Vaze calls on advanced economies to …
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Don’t take the right turn
Katy Wiese calls for economic transformation in the European Union to avoid a swerve in the wrong direction. In this year’s European Union (EU) elections, far-right parties made gains across …
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Don’t bank on size
Credit unions are huge in Canada. Guy Dauncey explains why the UK government might look to the world’s second-largest country to guide its bid for a more cooperative economy. 2022 …
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