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Problems with pensions exhibit the same concerns that drive our inability to tackle the environmental crisis and other great societal issues. We need to recognise uncomfortable truths and meaningfully support …
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Problems with pensions exhibit the same concerns that drive our inability to tackle the environmental crisis and other great societal issues. We need to recognise uncomfortable truths and meaningfully support …
Pot look Read MoreAlan Freeman interprets the art of deft manipulation of fact used in painting an unrealistically assuring, yet remarkably convincing picture of international inequality. In his 1997 book, The Demon-Haunted World: …
Hidden in plain sight Read MoreWage increases halved, and working houses in poverty more than doubled. The growth of the GDP and living standards were significantly slower in countries with austerity-driven policies than those without …
Austerity policies slowed growth after recession, report says Read MoreWhen the world is facing large systemic crises, Ingrid Kvangraven asks why is the economics profession celebrating small technical fixes? This week it was announced that Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo …
Impoverished economics? Unpacking the economics Nobel Prize Read MoreIn a recent article in the New York Times, the development economist Seema Jayachandran discusses three studies that used Randomised Controlled Trials (or RCTs) to understand the benefits of enhancing the self-worth of …
Why positive thinking won’t get you out of poverty Read MoreThere’s a buzz abroad in the development community around a new way to tackle extreme poverty. BRAC’s Targeting the Ultra Poor (TUP) programme combines asset transfers (usually livestock), cash stipends and …
Naila Kabeer on Why Randomized Controlled Trials need to include Human Agency Read MoreWho gets to borrow at a fair rate is a pernicious inequality. It’s funny how, despite overt concerns, affluent people always find ways to keep the poor apart from them: …
Credit Where Credit’s Due Read MoreUK farms are throwing away 7% of their annual harvest worth £1.2 billion every year because it does not meet retailers quality standards. Food that is being rejected by supermarkets …
Food rejected by supermarkets to be used to help end UK hunger Read MoreIt wants firms to make sure staff are trained to manage the needs of vulnerable people and to understand that customers’ circumstances can change The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released draft …
Regulator launches guidelines for lenders to protect vulnerable consumers Read MorePeter Manley questions the single number basis for claims that absolute poverty is on the wane. On 19 January, 2019 Bill Gates retweeted an infographic from Our World in Data — …
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