The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could increase global poverty by as much as half a billion people or eight percent of the world's population—according to new research.
Economics & Business
Apr 9, 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 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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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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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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Two economics professor have modified a commonly used bank assessment tool to make predictions about a national or global financial crisis. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nobel ...
New research suggests that green growth climate mitigation policies are not sufficient for reaching the ambitious targets of the Paris Agreement, to limit global warming to well below 2°C by the end of the century.
Environment
Jun 26, 2019
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Relentless negative reporting on economic downturns is impacting on people's emotions and contributing to the suicide rate, according to new research.
Social Sciences
May 8, 2019
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Fulfilling the world's growing energy needs summons images of oil pipelines, electric wires and truckloads of coal. But Michigan State University scientists show a lot of energy moves nearly incognito, embedded in the products ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 21, 2019
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The Dodd-Frank Act, enacted in 2010 to promote economic stability and protect consumers in response to the 2008 global financial crisis, is showing mixed results, according to a new study by Case Western Reserve University.
Economics & Business
Feb 22, 2019
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