Split: Class Divides Uncovered
From the publisher: In 1990, John Major hailed ‘the classless society’; in 1997, New Labour announced that ‘we’re all middle class now’, yet we live in an age where food …
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Urban refugees in Turkey uniquely threatened by coronavirus and economic recession
Much has been published about the severity of the situation regarding Covid-19 transmission in different refugee camps such as Cox Bazaar and Lambasia in Bangladesh, Zaa’tari and Azraq in Jordan, Baddawi in Lebanon, Moria in Greece, and Matamoros in Mexico. All …
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Employers claim to have enforced social distancing norms. Workers point to large gatherings at several points in the production process. While industries across the country remained shut because of the …
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Earlier this month, the New York City health department released a map showing confirmed COVID-19 cases by zip code. The highest case counts were concentrated in lower-income neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. …
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Vital Signs: The Deadly Costs of Health Inequality
From the publisher: Nature is no longer the leading cause of death; society is. This makes health care one of the most important political issues today. This book looks at …
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Accentuate the positive
It all started with hope. Now we have viral infection. But there is still hope. I came up with “hope” as the theme for this issue in the autumn. I was …
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Ten out of ten for five
As the new decade begins, The Mint asked a quintet of our 2019 #NotTheNobel Finalists to name their book of the past decade and to tell us why it wins …
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Nothing left to lose
Researchers have charted the US phenomenon where, as globalisation spreads injustice, the despondent reach for the gun. Review by John Komlos It is a commonplace that the demographic development of …
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New data shows UK poverty had reached a record high before coronavirus hit
Half a million more people including children are living in poverty, as the number of low-income households reaches a record high. Data from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) estimated …
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Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
From the publisher: From economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton, a groundbreaking account of how the flaws in capitalism are fatal for America’s working class. Deaths of …
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