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The 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 More
Quietly, outside of the public gaze, a revolution has started on Britain’s railways. On March 23, COVID-19 destroyed the railway industry as it had existed for the past 25 years. …
How coronavirus could usher in a new ‘golden age’ of rail travel Read MoreNew Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern suggested that the country should consider moving to a four day work week in order to encourage domestic tourism as the country looks beyond …
Could The 4-Day Work Week Be the Way to Recover From Coronavirus? New Zealand Thinks So. Read MoreThe European Commission has launched legal actions against Luxembourg over laws to prevent money laundering and tax avoidance, it said in a statement. New European Union rules to step up …
EU starts legal action against Luxembourg over tax evasion Read More
How can we make sense of a world where we have both too many billionaires and too many foodbanks? The expected path of many is to go to university, forge …
Split: Class Divides Uncovered…. by Covid-19? Read MoreCOSATU, South Africa’s largest trade union federation, has a plan to simultaneously tackle climate change and unemployment. Until now, a recognition of the link between questions about climate crisis mitigation …
South Africa’s largest trade union federation tackles climate change and unemployment Read MoreA photography session for an old carpet? Or two piglets for a kayak? In Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu, people are attempting barters to combat the precarious economic conditions induced …
People in Pacific Island Nations try bartering during pandemic lockdown Read MoreThe world’s most robust study of universal basic income has concluded that it boosts recipients’ mental and financial well-being, as well as modestly improving employment. Finland ran a two-year universal basic …
Finland’s Universal Basic Income experiment points to improved wellbeing and employment Read MoreThe Covid-19 pandemic affirms the need not just for adequate public health care services, but also the many other services that are essential to keep society running and maintain a …
How Africa’s public waste management schemes lead the way to a zero waste future Read MoreFor months, President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil has insisted the coronavirus is not a serious threat. Beyond instituting a national lockdown in mid-March, his government has left 209 million Brazilians largely …
Activist farmers in Brazil feed the hungry and aid the sick during pandemic Read More