From Promoting Economic Pluralism
The drops in both new jobs and wage growth contained in a Department of Labor report released on Friday elicited cheers from financial world insiders. “This is a really terrific jobs …
US: Financial world celebrates slowing wage and employment growth in new jobs report Read More
BENGALURU, Aug 29 (Reuters) – India likely recorded strong double-digit economic growth in the last quarter but economists polled by Reuters expected the pace to more than halve this quarter …
India’s status as world’s fastest growing major economy to be short-lived Read More
Surging inflation is undermining the recovery of Africa’s biggest economy, pushing 7 million Nigerians into poverty and encouraging criminality as rising prices deplete already meager incomes, according to the World …
Surging inflation in Nigeria fuels crime wave – World Bank Read More
Gavin Mueller’s “Why You Should be Breaking Things at Work” makes a persuasive case for the Luddites. So why have so many people—including your favorite Communist philosophers—insisted that they were …
What Did The Luddites Get Right? Read More
The European Commission on Wednesday launched a public consultation to look into the legal employment status and conditions of gig economy workers. It is the bloc’s first step aimed at improving the rights …
EU takes step to help ‘gig’ economy workers Read More
Filipino healthcare workers have found themselves thrust to the frontlines of the pandemic to care for the most vulnerable across the globe. The Philippines is one of the world’s leading …
Returning ‘heroes’: Filipino migrant workers met with a devastated economy Read More
Dr Hanna Szymborska asks what does Sunak’s labour market policy mean for women? Ever since the first national lockdown was imposed in March 2020, rising unemployment has been one of …
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Women’s participation in the workforce globally has remained stagnant for the past 25 years, and the pandemic threatens to set back the world to pre-1995 levels of gender inequality, a …
Globally, Women’s Workforce Participation Has Not Increased in 25 Years: UN Report Read More
The ‘future of work’ was already a major topic before the pandemic, with automation and technology rapidly changing the jobs market. That pace of change is now rising fast, according …
WEF: Pandemic accelerates dramatic pace of change in global jobs Read More
Over half the small and medium-sized companies which together provide jobs for two-thirds of European workers fear for their survival in the coming 12 months, according to a survey released …
Over half Europe’s small firms fear for survival, survey finds Read More