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Wealthy individuals must pay higher taxes to cover the costs of mitigating and adapting to climate breakdown, according to 70 percent of the public as revealed in a survey of …
Survey says billionaires ‘should pay for climate action’ Read More
Bosses won’t be able contact employees outside of work hours except in exceptional circumstances, according to a proposed law for civil servants in Belgium. A “Right to Disconnect” will be introduced for …
Belgian Government Workers Can Now Ignore Their Boss After Work Hours Read More
NORTHERN Isles MP Alistair Carmichael is supporting yet another legislative attempt to get more government support to those who live in fuel poverty and who are to be worst hit …
Renewed attempt to curb high levels of fuel poverty in isles Read More
Today Australia lays to rest one of its greatest economists and, with him, a rich chapter of the nation’s economic history. Obituaries are usually about the rich, famous and powerful. Outside …
Geoff Harcourt was one of Australia’s greatest economists and a link back to Keynes’s circle Read More
The boss of pub giant Wetherspoon has accused the Government of causing “massive” economic damage over the changing restrictions for his industry. Company chairman Tim Martin called for measures to …
Changing rules for pubs causing major economic damage Read More
New Delhi: The Covid years are littered with predictions that didn’t work out. For anyone looking ahead into 2022, that should be enough to give pause. Most forecasters, including Bloomberg Economics, …
Omicron, More Lockdowns And Other Big Economic Risks For 2022 Read More
John Seddon believes in the importance of good services to the public, particularly in providing care. He has been working with organisations in many sectors to help their leaders understand …
Handle with care Read More
Henry Leveson-Gower looks at how local food currencies might bear fruit. Our food system is deeply dysfunctional. Economic forces drive it to deliver unhealthy food, while trashing the environment so …
Cash crops Read More
Private equity in the care sector is thriving on growing demand and dwindling state provision. Vivek Kotecha asks whether its sweet tooth for debt might not bode well for its …
Living off a box of chocolates Read More
Isaac Stanley explains why care is infrastructure. Biden’s much-discussed Infrastructure Bill eventually passed into law in October in the US. This followed extensive political wrangling between different wings of the …
Holding it all together Read More