A change of key
How can we make work in the post-pandemic world work for us? Richard McNeill Douglas plays with some ideas. Covid has not been the only pandemic we have had to …
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Let’s not go back to the future
Data can be misread, warns Jan Berlage. On considering which key competence they need for the labour market of the future, Simone, Vishal, Luke, Pedder and Beatrice, all part of …
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Money for nothing and other Newtonian repercussions
Georgian lessons on the modern economy by Simon Sherratt. In March 1819, William Cobbett – an inveterate critic of the British government – penned a remarkable letter for inclusion in …
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Good God
Would new gods help combat corruption and improve democracy? Paul Frijters believes so. As the covid-19 pandemic has progressed, a growing number of governments have shifted to ruling by decree. …
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Power: don’t mention it
Do economists speak their mind or mind what they speak? Blair Fix interprets. Economists of all nationalities, when speaking about their area of expertise, have their own words and ways …
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Colonial economics
Post pandemic, which issues need to be added and reincorporated into the development economics curriculum? Kevin Deane asks. There is a strong argument that Covid is not an external shock …
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Three forgotten lessons about the circular economy
A circular economy requires a more holistic view of the economy (image by Tony Biddle 2020). Emma Fromberg retrieves some earlier wisdom. I vividly remember the first time that the idea …
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Selling the circular
Thinking out of the box: currently, retail is largely about mass, transactional relationships. Can business ever be good? Henry Leveson-Gower explores. A year ago I was on the hunt for examples …
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Plumbers and pedagogues
Does development always eliminate gender discrimincation? Naila Kabeer scrutinises the thinking behind the recent Nobel prize-winning methodology in development economics. The 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to three …
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The K in recovery
A post-Covid divergence in fortunes is leaving women in the trailing leg. Selvin Kwong reports. Jenny is one of many women who lost their jobs or had their hours reduced …
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