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Hope for jobs drives recruitment by militant groups in Africa – report

09/02/2023 - Leave a Comment

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Hope of employment more than religious belief is driving people to join fast-growing extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report by the U.N. …

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Anti matters

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Tony Myatt is a professor of economics in Canada and author, with Rod Hill, of the Economics Anti-Textbook in 2010. He has recently published the Macro Economics Anti-Textbook. The Mint …

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Landlords’ efforts to turn students against new renters’ rights

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The UK’s largest landlord body has sent letters to more than 20 university unions representing thousands of students in its drive to get students cut out of new renters’ rights. …

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Economic woes, shifting ties complicate Pakistan’s flood recovery

22/10/2022 - Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan has this week announced plans to host an international donors’ conference to help it recover from catastrophic floods that caused widespread devastation and major financial losses this summer. The United Nations …

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Labour shortages: the ‘most urgent problem’ facing the UK economy right now

03/06/2022 - Leave a Comment

Anyone going on a UK break this month would do well to book pubs and restaurants well in advance, said The Sunday Times – and even if they get a table, they …

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Step one

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Joris Tieleman and Sam de Muijnck, relatively veteran Rethinking Economics activists, have just produced a guide to economics curriculum design: Economy Studies: A Guide to Rethinking Economics Education.   The Mint …

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A Name With No Name

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Danielle Guizzo looks at how economics made the work of academic giant Barbara Wootton, invisible. Barbara Wootton, was a leading name in the areas of Sociology and Criminology in post-war …

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Mental health problems cost UK economy at least £118 billion a year – new research

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Mental health problems cost the UK economy at least £117.9 billion annually according to a new report published today by Mental Health Foundation and the London School of Economics and Political Science …

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Investment in languages education could return double for UK economy

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An increase in secondary school pupils learning Arabic, Mandarin, French or Spanish could boost the UK economy by billions of pounds over 30 years, according to new research. The study …

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The Circular Economy and Electronics

17/02/2022 - Leave a Comment

The last couple of decades have witnessed an explosion in electronic consumer products. Our lives are now full of devices from smartphones to laptops, speakers, TVs, wearables, battery packs, and chargers …

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