On Bijilo Beach in the Gambia, there are no fruit sellers in sight.
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Developing countries that depend heavily on tourists need international support, and more sustainable offerings for the future.
Serving local needs.
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Markets bring broad benefits to local communities – much more so than big supermarket chains.
All this costs money.
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There is no magic money tree in economics – whatever money is spent must be paid back later.
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Coronavirus has shifted the mood in society, and the fashion industry should strike while the iron is hot.
South Korea did not have a full lockdown.
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Evidence from South Korea tells a precautionary tale about rushing to end lockdown, without the right public health measures in place.
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Research into life on the trading floor reveals the importance of being in the room for things to run smoothly.
GE ad from the 1940s, showing an incandescent bulb and a fluorescent tube, both inventions of the company.
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The American conglomerate has been innovating in lighting since the days of Thomas Edison. Here’s the story of a light that did go out.
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Enacting real change in business is about more than posting online, it is about making real structural and lasting change to how you do business.
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Pickers, purifyers and producers are all working flat out.
The Triumph of Death, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1562.
A medieval historian and business studies expert discuss how pandemics past and present impact on big business.
Clapping for key workers takes place every Thursday in the UK.
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Many key workers are among the UK’s lowest paid.
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They stumble around, baying for assistance, hoping to drink the lifeblood of other companies’ financial aid.
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Hong Kong’s currency is pegged to the US dollar, which offers an opportunity to increase public spending and placate protestors.
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Volkswagen’s new integration of online and offline sales offers insight into the future of the showroom experience.
Feel like time has come to a standstill?
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Feel like time has come to a standstill? The coronavirus crisis has prompted us to be more creative with our relations to time.
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With half the global workforce facing job loss, massive stimulus packages are needed to revive emerging economies and reduce mass unemployment, poverty and starvation.
Slowing down…
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Tumbling global trade with China proves no country or sector is an island.
Quick on the uptake: Corona is one of a number of new films reacting to the pandemic.
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COVID-19 has hit the film industry hard, but some enterprising film-makers are already plotting ways to cope with the ‘new normal’.
Franklin D Roosevelt signs bill that will lead to Gold Reserve Act 1934.
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You’ve heard of compulsory purchase orders for houses, but few realise it has sometimes happened with the world’s favourite precious metal.
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Long before COVID-19, central banks were lining their stores for winter.
Golden arches.
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Since the demise of the gold standard in the early 1970s, the precious metal has gone through four distinct phases.
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Everything you ever wanted to know about the big G.
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Uncertainty and hardship will make many relationships more vulnerable.
Don’t worry, we’re not going back to steam.
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The UK cannot wait 30 years for a modern rail network.
Taxi drivers face much greater risk of getting COVID-19.
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What kind of job you have has never been more important for your life chances.