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Will covid kill globalisation?
Will covid accelerate a process away from hyper-globalisation. The Economist investigates in this excellent enrichment video.
Demonetization: When 86% of India's Currency Disappeared
This is a fantastic clip looking at the implications of India's 2016 demonetisation.
How Green Power is Driving Rural Africa
Here is a fantastic developmental clip looking at a small-scale project in rural Kenya.
The aviation sector is among those worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
Rents that businesses pay on leased property is usually treated as a fixed cost.
Coronavirus update: Businesses Cut Jobs as Demand Falls Away
The recession caused by the pandemic has inevitably led to a steep fall in demand, revenues and profits for most UK businesses.
The World Bank is forecasting that the covid-19 crisis will lead to a reduction in per capita incomes for 90 per cent of countries around the world.
The coronavirus pandemic has shown how hard some countries have been hit by a collapse in overseas tourist travel.
For some platform businesses, the pandemic has accelerated expansion leading to surging users and customers whilst giving revenues and share valuations a sizeable boost.
The coronavirus outbreak and the public health measures taken to contain it delivered one of the largest ever shocks to the UK economy leading to a sudden and large inward shift of short run...
Coronavirus update: How high will unemployment rise in 2020?
At the end of 2019, a number of economists were starting to forecast that the UK economy was closing in on reaching full employment. But the pandemic has changed all that very quickly and Britain...
Coronavirus update: Are there risks of deflation?
With the world economy in recession - The IMF forecasts global growth at –4.9 percent in 2020-and with many individual countries experiencing much deeper downturns than this (including the UK), how...
The coronavirus pandemic will undoubtedly have an impact on the market structures of many industries.
Coronavirus update: Are vaccines public goods?
Too what extent can and should we regard the manufacturing and deployment of a covid-19 vaccine as a public good?
How coronavirus is widening the UK gender pay gap
Excellent long read in the Guardian about the impact of the pandemic on the gender pay gap.
Should the UK introduce a new wealth tax?
61% of UK public support wealth tax for individuals with assets worth more than £750,000, (excluding pensions and value of main home) according to a survey from YouGov.
Can we learn from history? An excellent book by Ben Gummer on the Black Death in 14th century Britain, “The Scourging Angel”, shows that we can.
Greening the Economy - No Trade Off with Growth
The Guardian makes the case that there is no need for there to be a trade-off between growth and environmental concerns.
How to stop plastic getting into the ocean
This is a really powerful Economist film about one group's work in tackling the issue of marine pollution and plastic waste.
Are corona bonds a moment of truth for the EU?
This article is a reflection on the future of the EU which wonders whether coronavirus is its ultimate test of unity.
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