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Mental health problems cost UK economy at least £118 billion a year – new research

04/03/2022 - Leave a Comment

Mental health problems cost the UK economy at least £117.9 billion annually according to a new report published today by Mental Health Foundation and the London School of Economics and Political Science …

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The child poverty rate in the U.S. is down

19/11/2021 - Leave a Comment

Inflation schminflation.   Amid all the bad news about prices going up—to say nothing of supply chain woes, a still-raging delta variant, and climate change havoc—there’s a ray of economic light. …

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Friday 29th – this week’s top economic news

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Wage squeeze will leave average worker almost £13,000 worse off, Sunak warned from The Guardian: The biggest wage squeeze in British economic history will leave the average worker almost £13,000 …

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The nation’s economic recovery is still unequal for Black workers

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JACKSON, Miss. — As the delta variant crept through Mississippi this spring, Ashley Brown kept showing up at her elderly clients’ homes, arranging their medication into pill organizers, sweeping their …

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USDA announces biggest SNAP benefits increase in program history

19/08/2021 - Leave a Comment

According to agency estimates, the boost will translate to a total of $19.7 billion in additional benefits over a one-year period. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Monday that …

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CEOs lobbying to end unemployment benefits

CEO Lobbying To End Unemployment Benefits

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Restaurant lobbying groups and CEO lobbying contributed to many of the GOP governors now ending pandemic unemployment benefits. The governors parroted talking points pushed by some of their past donors: …

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Vaccine jobs boom doesn’t match all skill sets

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Stephen Defilippis, a 43-year old civil engineer from New Orleans, said he can’t find open jobs in his field or experience level, only for senior engineers or engineer interns. Now …

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IMF austerity is strangling Ecuador – again.

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15 December should be a turning point in the IMF’s relationship to the people of Ecuador: a chance for reflection, a fresh start in a new year, an opportunity to …

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Universal income gains traction on the right

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When structural economic change, a global pandemic and “culture wars” collide, the effects are potentially transformative. Leftists and libertarians share an interest in new solutions, but not where they should …

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The launch pad

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Stewart Lansley asks if it is finally time for a guaranteed income floor,  a form of progressive basic income that would build social resilience, opportunity and choice in an increasingly fragile and divided …

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