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COVID-19 is forcing us to look at business differently.
If there is one lesson from history, it is that the economy will pick up again.
The findings of one of the few studies into closed door matches.
Billions have been lost in tax to fake self-employment and many registered as self-employed will struggle to get state aid.
This major adjustment to how the cryptocurrency operates happens every four years.
People are more receptive to a caring tone than fighting talk.
The story of the growth of Britain’s sugar trade can tell us a lot about the development of capitalism and the slave trade.
Like a lot of relationships at the moment, this one is being negotiated over video.
Argentina’s new President Alberto Fernández has no easy option to address yet another crisis.
Everyone wants less time commuting, better email etiquette and new places to work from.
We could welcome the news that prices have been rising much more slowly since the coronavirus pandemic – or we could get nervous.
Lots of research shows why video calls are mentally and emotionally taxing.
The contrast between the real economy and the stock market is striking. How long will it last?
Employment levels regularly dip after crisis.
Being stuck on a ship is not only unpleasant, it’s also very dangerous.
The UK must look now to a package of long-term measures that includes investment in industry and public services, increased unemployment benefits and universal basic income.
Even allowing for falls in asset values and some tax dodging, a modest tax on the wealthiest could pay off the government’s ballooning debt.
Significant numbers of key workers barely make the minimum wage.
Investors who think oil is a good long-term bet should read this first.
Start-ups in India, many in Kerala, have taken up the challenge of finding innovative solutions to the problems raised by COVID-19.
Some EU countries have said they won’t help companies based in tax havens – but that doesn’t include the EU’s own tax havens.
An audio version of an in depth article on four possible futures for the world after coronavirus.
Globalisation does not look so clever when everyone wants the same medical equipment.
In these troubled economic times, skills and technology are key to lifting the UK out of the productivity doldrums.