Fresh thinking in economics
Providing a bright future for young women in a male-dominated engineering sector requires a transformational effort. How can auto mechanics unlock their potential? “My friends and family used to laugh …
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Companies bailed out with public money have paid shareholders billions of pounds in dividends while cutting tens of thousands of jobs, a VICE News investigation can reveal. Campaigners and commentators …
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In the world of glaciology, the year 2007 would go down in history. It was the year a seemingly small error in a major international report heralded huge changes in …
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North-west Europe, including the UK, is among the hotspots facing a rising risk of flooding, along with places such as India and the Bay of Bengal, and south east …
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1.2 trillion estimated to be sitting in private foundations right now, during the pandemic, is not necessarily going to move to nonprofits. Charitable giving has been on the rise in …
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The gap between poor students and their more affluent peers attending university has widened to its largest point for 12 years, according to data published by the Department for …
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There are more than 2 billion people working informally, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO). That’s around 62% of the global workforce. And they’re at the greatest risk from the …
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As an outbreak of Ebola ratchets up in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s densely forested northwestern province of Équateur, warning signs are growing that corruption problems that dogged the last epidemic, …
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In the northern English seaside resort of Blackpool, the family-run Elgin Hotel is preparing to reopen in August after four months’ enforced closure. The Elgin had a profitable 2019, but …
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Combatting deforestation and wildlife trade could avoid costing the planet trillions of dollars in economic disruption, Conservation International estimates. Funding efforts to combat deforestation, risky wildlife trade and nature protection …
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