Fresh thinking in economics
Homelessness charity St Mungo’s is creating more women-only shelter spaces and improving its services for female domestic abuse victims. On International Women’s Day, the charity is launching its three-year women’s …
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Climate change is sometimes talked about as if it were a great leveller, where the wealthy and poor, powerful and oppressed alike will suffer together. But climate chaos does not …
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The UK government’s response to the financial crisis brought disastrous economic consequences and unnecessary hardship. Austerity policies have hit women, BAME people and the poorest the hardest, while failing the …
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US counties with prison labor often have lower wage and employment growth. While labor coercion in agricultural and preindustrial economies is well-studied, few papers address the effects of coercive institutions …
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Cuts to funding for local government have created a crisis, which has hit women the hardest. Central government funding for local government fell by nearly 50% between 2010/11 and 2017/18 …
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It’s been widely reported that tiny bits of plastic, invisible to the human eye, have been escaping into the environment. But we wanted to know just how widespread the problem …
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Not long ago, a carbon tax was the untouchable third rail of climate politics. “We have done extensive polling on carbon tax. It all sucks,” John Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s campaign …
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This week: Updates on the economics of immigration; France’s yellow vests join union-called general strike; demonstrations against Sackler family’s profiting from oxycontin; and New York City Council considers giving priority …
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Treasury Committee chair Nick Morgan has warned that the government may need to step in after more than 10,000 former Wonga customers were left out of pocket by the firm …
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Jubilee Debt Campaign has learnt that the government of Mozambique, represented by the Attorney General, has filed a case in the UK High Court against Credit Suisse International. Commenting on …
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