Food banks will struggle to cope during the COVID-19 pandemic and vulnerable households should be given cash grants to buy food instead, a group of leading academics have suggested.
Social Sciences
Apr 7, 2020
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During this pandemic, our twin health and economic crises require two different types of concern, and they operate differently.
Economics & Business
Apr 6, 2020
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The coronavirus pandemic has the United States facing a social and economic crisis with businesses shutting down, financial markets tumbling, and millions of Americans losing their jobs.
Political science
Apr 1, 2020
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Times of crisis and uncertainty prove to be challenging for public and private organizations whose leadership engage in constant communication with the public, especially in a situation as unprecedented as a global pandemic.
Social Sciences
Mar 24, 2020
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As the coronavirus continues to spread around the world, it is abundantly clear that the global economy is entering a recession – the first we've seen since 2008.
Economics & Business
Mar 20, 2020
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Stock markets around the world had some of their worst performance in decades this past week, well surpassing that of the global financial crisis in 2008. Restrictions in the free movement of people is disrupting economic ...
Environment
Mar 17, 2020
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The COVID-19 coronavirus is officially a pandemic, the US and Australian share markets have collapsed, both governments have unveiled stimulus packages, and Australia's trade union movement is worried about the position of ...
Economics & Business
Mar 17, 2020
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Market hysteria over coronavirus may have seen hundreds of points wiped off indexes around the world this week, but Oxford University experts maintain the COVID-19 crisis should not necessarily foreshadow an economic downturn.
Economics & Business
Mar 16, 2020
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The collapse in global oil prices may end up being bad news in the short term for the transition to green energy, as cheaper crude could see more use of cars and aircraft.
Environment
Mar 11, 2020
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Online calls grew Sunday to help save five "malnourished and sick" African lions held at a park in Sudan's capital, with some demanding the creatures be shifted to a better habitat.
Ecology
Jan 20, 2020
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