How much income is needed to live well in the UK in 2023? At least £29,500 – much more than many households bring in
Matt Padley, Loughborough University and Abigail Davis, Loughborough University - You don’t have to look very hard at the moment to find evidence of the immense financial pressure on UK households. New figures...
France: Mass protests against higher retirement age
By Lea Fauth - France’s President Emmanuel Macron wants to raise the retirement age by two years. However, 72 percent of French people are against the pension reform—and the trend is rising. Since...
Successful Comebacks and Ongoing Struggles in South America’s Economy
As South America begins to emerge from the turmoil of the COVID-19 pandemic, the region’s economic recovery has been a story of divergence — some countries are rebounding quickly while others continue to struggle with persistent roadblocks that stymie growth. Three of the continent’s largest economies — Brazil, Chile and Argentina — provide contrasting stories of recovery, influenced by particular challenges and domestic responses. In Brazil, the economic rebound has been no smooth ride. Brazil, the largest economy in Latin America, was severely affected by the pandemic, experiencing a steep decline in GDP and an increase in poverty levels. But since President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva came to power,...
Challenges to free trade reveal a big change in conservative ideology
Sam Routley, Western University - The pursuit of greater economic integration through expanded free trade has long been central to the economic policy of...
Taxes on e-cigarettes: South Africa must strike a balance between economic arguments and health concerns
Marius van Oordt, University of Pretoria - The 21st century has seen a massive expansion in the ways that people can consume tobacco and nicotine. Innovative new products include...
China’s capitalist reforms are said to have moved 800 million out of extreme poverty – new data suggests the opposite
Dylan Sullivan, Macquarie University; Jason Hickel, Autonomous University of Barcelona, and Michail Moatsos, Maastricht University It has become an article of faith among many economists that China’s pro-market reforms of the 1980s and 1990s ushered in a sustained reduction in poverty. This narrative relies on figures from the World Bank, showing that over the past 40 years the number of people...
How bird flu virus fragments get into milk sold in stores, and what the spread of H5N1 in cows means for the dairy industry...
Noelia Silva del Rio, University of California, Davis; Richard V. Pereira, University of California, Davis; Robert B. Moeller, University of California, Davis; Terry W. Lehenbauer, University of California, Davis, and Todd Cornish, University...
The Silent Crisis: Unraveling the Poverty Pandemic and its Global Impact
A Deep Dive into the Ongoing Battle Against Economic Inequality In a world often dominated by headlines of technological...
