Governments across the developed world have responded to the COVID-19 crisis by making welfare states vastly more generous. Historical parallels suggest that this munificence may endure even as the pandemic recedes.
Economics & Business
Jun 24, 2020
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G20 leaders have pledged to do "whatever it takes" to minimise the impacts of COVID-19.
Economics & Business
Mar 27, 2020
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People with a master's degree or doctorate can bank on a much higher starting salary than those with the same major but only a bachelor's degree. That's according to a recent survey of employers by the National Association ...
Economics & Business
Mar 20, 2020
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Do you have a monthly car payment, or a similar loan? Is each payment a nice round number, like $300? If so, you are hardly alone. But the appeal of that easy-to-remember payment figure may be costing you money.
Economics & Business
Feb 21, 2020
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he federal earned income tax credit mitigates the tax burden of low- to moderate-income families by providing a bigger tax refund. University of Illinois human development and family studies professor Karen Kramer was the ...
Economics & Business
Jan 24, 2020
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The evidence for that was obvious when the lights of the city were viewed from space after the Canterbury earthquakes, says disaster economist Cuong Nguyen who graduates this week with a Ph.D. in Economics.
Economics & Business
Dec 11, 2019
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Fires ravaging the Amazon rainforests and global climate strikes have highlighted the need for global action to mitigate climate change and conserve forests. Though the situation can seem dire at times, there is good news ...
Environment
Nov 18, 2019
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If the measure of a currency's importance is how much it's used to actually buy and sell things, digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum have barely gotten off the ground. And Facebook's proposed entry, Libra, has run ...
Economics & Business
Oct 28, 2019
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Australians like to think we live in a country of the fair go, where anyone with the talent and willingness to work hard can succeed.
Social Sciences
Sep 30, 2019
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Almost one in five of generation Y surveyed say they have fallen into debt from making contactless and online payments, new research says.
Economics & Business
Sep 5, 2019
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