Can the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) help replace traditional growth measures like GDP?
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The best measure of living standards – real household disposable income per capita – has been going backwards for two years. It’s the biggest dive in living standards in half a century.
One set of ideas runs counter to the mainstream consensus that technology will save us from climate change. Can degrowth ever win enough converts to persuade humanity to change course?
Nigeria’s new marine and blue economy ministry has promise but it must be well run.
Workplace absences, along with sales lost due to the cessation of brick-and-mortar retail shopping, airline travel and public gatherings, contributed the most.
The numbers seem to be going in the ‘right’ direction for the Fed to pull off a soft landing – and avoid a recession – but the picture remains murky.
What does Karl Marx have to say about climate change? Quite a lot, according to a new book.
Victoria’s real gross state product has grown by 5.6%, while New South Wales has fallen to 1.8%.
The US economy shrank for a second straight quarter. While some call that a recession or a strong sign of one, a financial economist explains why the term probably doesn’t yet apply.
Most of the gains went to the richest Americans, but almost everyone saw an improvement in terms of net wealth.
Nigeria has the largest number of people living in extreme poverty in Africa. Turning the tide requires inclusive growth, value added productivity and strong institutions.
Australia’s GDP was up 3.4% last quarter of 2021, on the back of pent-up consumer spending. Other factors must drive future growth.
Attributing Australia’s economic success to closed borders runs the risk of leaving us with the wrong lesson the next time the things turn down.
Republicans and a few Democrats say the Build Back Better plan would increase the already fast pace of inflation.
Radical new thinking is required to fight climate change, and ‘gross ecosystem product’ might help.
The economy shrank 1.9% in the September quarter, but figures released on Wednesday show spending roaring back as soon as the lockdowns ended.
Looking beyond the latest quarterly GDP figures, the truth is we’re getting better off more slowly than before.
Rebasing matters because it makes updated and better data available so that better policies can be designed.
More funding is needed to galvanise
Nigeria’s health system as medical research is not well funded.
An economist explains what a recession is, who decides and why it took so long to learn that the COVID-19 downturn was officially over.
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