Profit and profiteroles
South Africa’s rulers are so detached from their electorate they don’t even let them eat cake. Lebohang Liepollo Pheko explains. Every year on the weekend closest to January 8th, the …
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Can ‘the people’ solve climate change? France decided to find out.
At first, Sylvain Burquier thought it was a joke. It was August 2019, and Burquier and his two children were at their home in Paris’s Ninth Arrondissement, off the right …
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Jailed Australian economist testifies in secretive Myanmar trial
An Australian academic and economic adviser to Myanmar’s elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained after the military seized power last year, has testified in a military court …
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Sri Lanka’s crisis is not just about the economy, but a long history of discrimination against minority groups
Sri Lanka is in the grip of an economic, political and humanitarian crisis. In a remarkable display of anger on Saturday, thousands of protesters disregarded government curfews, rampant military and …
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Economics rules – not OK
Economic decisions are made without the full understanding of the people they affect most. Katy Wiese spells out the issues. For many, economics is technical, jargon-laden, yet abstract, making it …
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Roadblock or drive-through?
Canada’s bid to protect its democracy by corralling informal funding groups could have unintended outcomes counter to its aims. James Patriquin and Caroline Shenaz Hossein explain. Between 28 January and …
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40 Lords reported to authorities over financial interests
Forty members of the House of Lords have been reported to parliamentary authorities, in what is believed to be one of the most wide-scale breaches of transparency rules ever reported …
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Lose change
There’s a digital revolution in money on the way. Barry James reports. A major new disruption to global monetary systems, perhaps the greatest yet, is moving in fast from left …
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Democracy : A User’s Guide
From the publisher: They say we live in a democracy. We are free and we should be grateful. But just how “Free” are we? How democratic are our so-called “Democracies”? …
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She dared to meddle
Perkins: her 12 years as Secretary for Labour is a record: it took American women 50 years to match her tenure between them. Tom Levitt introduces his book on the life …
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