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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s poverty rate jumped from almost 42% to 53% during the first six months of Javier Milei’ s presidency, the statistics agency reported Thursday, a steep rise …
Argentina’s poverty rate spikes in first 6 months of President Milei’s shock therapy Read More
Mark E Thomas and Vince Gomez argue that if Labour sticks too literally to its Fiscal Rules, it will fail to deliver, so creative thinking is needed. When he became …
Delivering Despite the Rules Read More
Katy Wiese calls for economic transformation in the European Union to avoid a swerve in the wrong direction. In this year’s European Union (EU) elections, far-right parties made gains across …
Don’t take the right turn Read More
The scale of automatic debt repayments administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) means that, across all families receiving universal credit (UC), the basic payment is on average …
People on universal credit losing £1 in every £13 of basic payment due to automatic DWP debt deductions Read More
A joint campaign by Amazon and the government to offer struggling families money-saving advice has been slammed by an employee of the tech giant who said its own staff are …
Government slammed over ‘bizarre’ use of Amazon to give fuel poverty advice Read More
Our collective memories of the lessons learned from wars and crises past have faded. Frances Coppola looks for future guidance. The longer our financial and economic system goes without a …
Paradigm Shift Read More
Rishi Sunak was once again forced to deny that the NHS is facing a crisis this weekend, claiming that the service is merely “under pressure”. The prime minister has continued …
Five political decisions that drove the NHS to the brink Read More
An injection of cash or lockdown and fear? Dirk Ehnts and Michael Paetz look at the options. Last summer, we were mildly optimistic about Europe’s economic response to Covid. It …
Covid economics: the European variants Read More
The US is lusty and demanding for the future. But can it keep it up? The good news is that Biden, so far, is not your typical machine Democrat who …
Biden: his time Read More
The IMF moves forward with its austerity and deregulation agenda for Ecuador. The next commitment for the South American country is so-called “Central Bank independence,” which is will preventing its …
The IMF’s austerity drive comes for the Central Bank of Ecuador Read More