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Contrary to popular belief, entrepreneurship has been on a worryingly downward trend since the 1980s – here's why.
Economic growth and climate change are related. It is time to question the economics and foster discussions about the hard decisions we must make.
Services have not featured strongly in the economic strategies of developing countries. However, South Africa's recently published economic reform proposals point to a greater role for services.
The Australian government's approach to economic growth is strictly conventional, and may be leading to the wrong policies.
Are our brains wired to favour growth over environmentally rational decisions?
Economic growth created the climate crisis and continues to fuel it – 'green' growth is no solution.
High levels of inequality damage our health, harm social cohesion and act as a brake on economic performance.
Data science, led by Africa-based scientists, could play a key role in addressing all of the continent's crucial needs.
Protecting land from being developed intuitively may seem like a drag on local economies, but research in New England finds that it has the opposite effect.
As the US prepares to replace NAFTA, a labor scholar who was critical of Perot but shared concerns about the deal revisits the claim that helped him become the most successful third-party candidate since Teddy Roosevelt.
Why do some countries grow faster than others? Innovative local companies play a key role.
The Conversation's distinguished panel predicts unusually weak growth, dismal spending, no improvement in either unemployment or wage growth, and an increased chance of recession.
Happiness may well be a choice, but it is a difficult choice. And much that might make that choice a little easier depends on the choices of influential others.
The Fed said it's ready to act to 'sustain the expansion.' The latest jobs report suggests it may have to act soon.
If we want to live sustainably, we must question our appetite for growth.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has revived a presidential advisory unit shut down by his predecessor. He needs it if he is to use his power effectively to improve his government's policy coherence.
Africa is home to the world's fastest growing cities. However, poor governance has robbed the continent of the benefits of people and firms clustering together.
The current system drives social injustice and environmental destruction, a new approach to address both is called for.
Economic growth should be reimagined not only at the macro level, but also at the micro, business level. Social enterprises offer new, collaborative approaches to growth that maximize societal impact.
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