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Economics Is Irredeemably Sexist
No sensible woman recognizes herself in Homo economicus, who always gets what he likes and likes what he gets. Yanis…
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What are the UK’s ‘fiscal rules’ and why is the OBR under attack?
It has been described as a millstone around the chancellor’s neck and the reason Conservative MPs could be disappointed by Jeremy Hunt’s…
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Britain is in a rut. Here are five ways to fix the economy
The UK economy needs a lift after it sank into recession in the second half of 2023. Phillip Inman The Guardian It’s…
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Financial sanctions: banks’ reactions depend on their location, research reveals
However, our latest research shows that even universally adopted sanctions can throw a spanner into the works of the global financial…
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What can the EU learn from Asia about AI regulations?
Could it set the standard for more competitive practices in other places, such as the European Union? David Hutt Deutsche…
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Should income tax information be public?
Or perhaps you read the New York Times’s revelatory articles about the taxes of former President Trump, who broke presidential tradition…
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You Probably Didn’t Realize These Popular Companies Also Make Military Hardware
The United States defense market alone is estimated at 617.29 billion, while the global defense market size is expected to…
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‘Dark money’: $57m of donations to major Australian parties in 2022-23 of unknown origin
Analysis of AEC’s annual political returns show one quarter of major parties’ funding comes from unnamed sources Nick Evershed and Sarah Basford…
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China: Carmakers Implicated in Uyghur Forced Labor
(New York) – Global carmakers, including General Motors, Tesla, BYD, Toyota, and Volkswagen, are failing to minimize the risk of…
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Global water scarcity is putting Australian ‘aquapreneurs’ on the map
A new breed of Australian startups are working to change that Kate Burgess Capital Brief As the driest inhabited continent…
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Energy transition: Charting a fair course for fishing fleets
The fishing industry, reliant on fossil fuels and vulnerable to climate change, needs to shift to alternative energy – but…
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The Promise and Peril of AI in the Power Grid
Today, the power sector is on the cusp of a technological revolution; Ismael Arciniegas Rueda Henri van Soest Hye Min Park The…
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Populism Keeps Rattling the Globe. Elites Have No Idea What to Do.
But where are their solutions? Nahal Toosi Politico DAVOS, Switzerland — For more than a decade, forces on the ideological extremes…
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Billionaires tell global leaders they would be ‘proud to pay more’ taxes
In a letter penned by more than 250 of the mega-rich, the group has asked global leaders gathering in Davos,…
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Corporate murder: the Australian companies behind Gaza’s destruction
The American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker organisation of some note, recently released a list of companies profiting from Israel’s current campaign…
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Australia’s cost-of-living crisis isn’t about the price of groceries. It’s about wealth distribution
The policy debate about the cost of living is among the most confused and confusing in recent memory. John Quiggin…
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