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The world’s challenges are inter-disciplinary. Research for their solutions needs to be the same, argues Keith Harrison-Broninski. Shortly after my book, Human Interactions, was published in 2004, I met with …
Cross or nought Read More
How can we make work in the post-pandemic world work for us? Richard McNeill Douglas plays with some ideas. Covid has not been the only pandemic we have had to …
A change of key Read More
The murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis in May 2020 sparked outrage across the world. The Black Lives Matter protests that followed brought the issues …
Economics has a race problem Read More
The wage gaps that exist between men and women and between white and black people have received a lot of attention in recent years. But there’s another wage gap that …
Research reveals a pay gap for LGBTQ workers and the cost of exclusion Read More
A new report published Thursday by the Economic Policy Institute details how wage stagnation in the U.S. is not due abstract forces like technological advances and globalization, but the result …
Study Shows ‘Intentional Policy Decisions’—Not Abstract Market Forces—to Blame for Wage Stagnation Read More
Every British prime minister has a set of flagship policies that defines their legacy in office. For Margaret Thatcher, it was privatisation and deregulation. For Tony Blair, it was investment …
The UK government is using ‘levelling up’ to hide a crackdown on political dissent Read More
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, people in power—the primarily white male business leaders and policymakers who set the standards, policies, and cultural norms for the rest of us—didn’t think much …
The secret to happy, healthy homes? Universal childcare Read More
Located just 60km from Rio de Janeiro, Marica has modelled itself into a very different city, paying residents a universal basic income, using its own digital currency and procuring its …
Amid Brazil’s COVID chaos, socialist Marica forges different path Read More
Stephen Defilippis, a 43-year old civil engineer from New Orleans, said he can’t find open jobs in his field or experience level, only for senior engineers or engineer interns. Now …
Vaccine jobs boom doesn’t match all skill sets Read More
Like millions before him, Manoj migrated from the southwestern Indian state of Kerala to the Gulf in search of work in 2019. He found a job at a construction company …
How migrants in the Gulf are fighting discrimination during the pandemic Read More