Economy
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Billions spent on housing affordability are making it worse: Productivity Commission
Sixteen billion dollars a year in government housing assistance could be better targeted, while nearly $3 billion spent helping first…
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‘If only they made better life choices’ – how simplistic explanations of poverty and food insecurity miss the mark
But one persistent strand is the notion that poverty and food insecurity are the result of poor personal choices and priorities. Rebekah…
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Mystery buyer of diamonds outed
This comes at a time when the country’s state-run mining entity Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) is battling to come…
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IMF boss urges country leaders to resist public spending sprees
Central bankers should continue to tighten monetary policy and politicians should resist pressure to spend public money in a way…
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Mykonos has had its fill of champagne-fuelled tourism
But locals say development has gone too far. Helena Smith The Guardian It’s 3pm at Rizes, a farm in the…
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Hunger is increasing worldwide but women bear the brunt of food insecurity
Similarly, the international humanitarian aid organisation, CARE, estimates that 150 million more women than men went hungry in 2021. Authors The…
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The Economy Should Serve People. Not Vice Versa.
Consider what typically constitutes “good” economic news: The stock market booming. Hamilton Nolan In These Times Corporate earnings rising. Business growth.…
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Bank of England hikes rates by half percent
The Bank of England raised on Thursday its benchmark interest rates by 50 basis points to 1.75 percent — while warning that…
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Can we solve Australia’s housing crisis?
Homelessness Australia has launched an ambitious plan to solve the housing crisis in Australia. Annie Guest ABC News The plan…
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Building a better world
Global Development Initiative is a practical blueprint for realizing the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development By KOSTAS GOULIAMOS |…
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Sri Lanka scrambles for aid – but Australia still seems preoccupied by boats
With the country enduring its worst economic crisis since independence, authorities continue to scramble for aid from the international community.…
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Rising prices: why the global drive to keep food cheap is unsustainable
There are predictions that the number of people in the world experiencing acute hunger – currently 276 million – could soon rise…
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The world’s affluent must start eating local food to tackle the climate crisis, new research shows
It reveals how transporting food across and between countries generates almost one-fifth of greenhouse gas emissions from the food sector…
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Gas prices leave Biden with few options going into world energy, climate forum
President Biden will host a world energy and climate forum Friday with counterparts from across the globe in a bid to reassert…
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Investors cash in on food commodities as the poor go hungry
The trend could be pushing prices up even further, with live-or-die consequences for the world’s poor. Kristie Pladson Deutsche Welle…
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Millionaires join Davos protests, demanding ‘tax us now’
A group of millionaires have joined protests against the World Economic Forum gathering of the business and political elite in Davos,…
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