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Personal protective equipment (PPE) has arguably become the most sought-after commodity in the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a global shortage of this equipment. This has created an …
How Asia’s clothing factories switched to making PPE – but sweatshop problems live on Read More
Steve Keen is currently viewing the world from Thailand, which is remarkably now almost virus free. He arrived there with his Thai partner on one of the last flights in …
Why not? Read MoreSmita Srinivas is an Indian pluralist economist whose work includes examining the political economy of the health industry. India has not had good press over its response to the pandemic, …
India: an even bigger picture Read More
When Deepak and Chandan began working in Hazira, they knew they had to make the best of a bad bargain. But nothing had prepared them for the trauma they suffered …
A Hub of the Gujarat Economy That Became a Zone of Despair For Migrant Workers Read More
The Bhuj Homes in the City process is an inspiring example of bottom-up, socially and ecologically sensitive democracy, focusing on the right to participate and engage in a dialogue. The …
Towards urban direct democracy in Bhuj, India Read MoreThe COVID-19 pandemic is now expected to trigger the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Many argue it could unravel globalisation altogether. Globalisation relies on complex links – global value chains (GVCs) – that connect …
Coronavirus won’t kill globalisation – but a shakeup is inevitable Read MoreEmployers claim to have enforced social distancing norms. Workers point to large gatherings at several points in the production process. While industries across the country remained shut because of the …
Hunger drives India’s tea garden employees back to work despite Covid-19 fears Read More
From the publisher: Over the last decade, infectious disease outbreaks have heightened fears of a catastrophic pandemic passing from animals to humans. From Ebola and bird flu to swine flu …
Viral Economies Read More
China’s lockdown may have reduced air pollution as factories and power plants halted, but the pandemic has had the opposite effect on the nation’s nascent recycling effort. Millions of people …
China’s War on Garbage Faces a Major Coronavirus Setback Read More
Marco Janssen proposes that games might provide the solutions to community challenges, rather than nudging things along with subsidies and other interventions. India is running out of water. At least …
Water sports Read More