The world's largest asset management companies have come out swinging on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, with heavy hitters like BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street declaring their intention to use ...
Economics & Business
Nov 14, 2022
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A new analysis reveals significant gaps in evidence related to the sustainability claims of new food technologies such as vertical farming, blockchain, food deliveries and plant-based alternatives to animal products.
Biotechnology
Nov 3, 2022
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We see them on banners, hand-held signs, walls, clothing, bodies and faces: words are central to social protest. Every slogan—collective or individual, printed or handwritten, demand or rallying cry—conveys a political ...
Social Sciences
Oct 3, 2022
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The patriarchy, having been somewhat in retreat in parts of the world, is back in our faces. In Afghanistan, the Taliban once again prowl the streets more concerned with keeping women at home and in strict dress code than ...
Archaeology
Sep 21, 2022
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From the second half of the twentieth century onwards, there has been an exponential increase in the production of palm oil, which has proven to be very versatile; so much so that it has become a common ingredient in many ...
Environment
Sep 16, 2022
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New research shows parents are largely not to blame for economic inequality between men and women in Aotearoa New Zealand. Other factors in society, outside parents' control, are contributing more to ongoing harmful economic ...
Social Sciences
Sep 16, 2022
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Social scientists have urged policy-makers and governments to rethink how income inequality is measured.
Social Sciences
Aug 29, 2022
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Higher aspirations lead to higher achievements. At least, that is true in the context of educational and occupational aspirations, as shown by a new study co-authored by economist Dr. Reto Odermatt of the University of Basel. ...
Economics & Business
Jul 26, 2022
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A new study has found a rise in racial apathy—in other words, not caring about racial inequality—among young white adults.
Social Sciences
Jul 7, 2022
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Known for its caste system, India is often thought of as one of the world's most unequal countries. The 2022 World Inequality Report (WIR), headed by leading economist Thomas Piketty and his protégé, Lucas Chancel, did ...
Social Sciences
May 31, 2022
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