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Profit and profiteroles

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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 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 

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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

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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

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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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