Nov 15, 2023 01:50 am UTC| Economy
The Albanese government is about to have to make a really important decision. Its going to have to decide whats more important: supporting Australians who are financially under water, or keeping an election...
Amid 'checkout charity' boom, some Americans are more likely to be impulse givers than others
Nov 15, 2023 01:49 am UTC| Economy
If you live in the United States, chances are that cashiers often ask whether you want to donate to a cause their employer is currently supporting. Organizations like Childrens Miracle Network Hospitals, the Boys and Girls...
Nov 15, 2023 01:45 am UTC| Economy
Millions of people in the UK are unable to meet their most basic physical needs: to stay warm, dry, clean and fed. This is known as destitution. Recent analysis from charity the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF)...
West Africa’s plastic waste could be fuelling the economy instead of polluting the ocean: expert
Nov 15, 2023 01:44 am UTC| Economy
Plastic pollution is an urgent environmental issue, globally. Every year, about eight million tonnes of plastic end up in the oceans. Most of the 17 west African countries have a problem managing plastic waste. Eight of...
Nov 15, 2023 01:44 am UTC| Economy
To what extent does private investment help developing countries to reduce conflict and violence and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals? This is a hotly debated issue. Most international institutions such as...
Generational tensions flare as Japan faces the economic reality of its ageing baby boomers
Nov 15, 2023 01:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
In 2024, the youngest of Japans baby boomers will turn 75. The boomers are called the bunched generation in Japan because they were born in a short spurt in the late 1940s, in the aftermath of the end of the second world...
Nov 13, 2023 12:23 pm UTC| Economy
When this years United Nations Climate Change Conference begins in late November 2023, it will be a moment for course correction. Seven years ago, nearly every country worldwide signed onto the Paris climate agreement....
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight