Supermarket shelves stripped bare? History can teach us to 'make do' with food
Recent COVID-19 induced panic buying has raised concerns about food security for many Australians.
Recent COVID-19 induced panic buying has raised concerns about food security for many Australians.
Social Sciences
Apr 16, 2020
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The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in new thinking about how cities are best organised to meet our needs. Part of this has involved short-term changes in the use of urban space.
Social Sciences
Apr 15, 2020
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Throughout human history, crises have been pivotal in developing our societies. Pandemics have helped advance health-care systems, wars have fuelled technological innovations and the global financial crisis helped advance ...
Economics & Business
Apr 13, 2020
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So far, the impact of the coronavirus crisis has not been felt equally across the UK population in health and economic terms. If it is followed by a major recession, the effect on inequality could worsen dramatically.
Social Sciences
Apr 13, 2020
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A European Union (EU) programme aimed at reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions has made significant progress despite low prices in carbon markets, according to a study at the Universities of Strathclyde and Pittsburgh.
Environment
Apr 8, 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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Since 2000, European and African leaders have been talking about giving the partnership between the two continents a "new strategic" dimension. In 2007, they reiterated their ambition to come together "in awareness of the ...
Social Sciences
Apr 1, 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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The mammoth bailout sums unleashed to combat the 2008 financial crisis fuelled populist backlashes in many countries as taxpayers were handed a whopping bill.
Economics & Business
Mar 20, 2020
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Throughout his career, Jeffrey Frankel, James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), has assiduously tried to avoid making predictions about when the next economic recession would ...
Economics & Business
Mar 18, 2020
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