South Africans are increasingly dissatisfied with democracy because of its failure to address inequality.
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Two key economic indicators are the key to predicting most of the past 120 years of federal elections results – including ones the polls have famously got wrong.
Even the government’s pledge of 1.3 million extra jobs might not be enough to keep unemployment below 4%. The pledge ought to be the unemployment rate itself.
While everyone’s talking about Anthony Albanese’s campaign stumble, the more extraordinary thing is that unemployment is actually set to fall below 4%. A 60-year low of 3% is now within sight.
Nigerian youth have increasingly been resisting and expressing their dissatisfaction with toxic workplaces.
The president’s business reforms are not to everyone’s liking, but they seem to be producing results.
Investment in green technologies in sectors which cause significant environmental pollution can create a double dividend.
A new report on the ongoing impact of the pandemic on social service providers in Victoria found jobs and labour force participation are far from fully recovered.
Ending violence against foreigners can only happen by first recognising – and addressing – the hazards of South Africa’s crumbling system of indirect rule.
Social security reforms are needed that include support for the long-term and chronically unemployed and informal workers.
Politics is turning into a playground for the country’s elite in the absence of other avenues through which to rise to fame – and fortune.
The US economy is cooling, yet inflation remains elevated, a combo that suggests stagflation might be right around the corner.
When researchers examined the outcomes for cases to discharge student loan debt, they found that judges are often biased against people based on their gender and other factors.
The number of retirees at risk of poverty is growing, making them three times more likely to experience poverty than any other age group.
Many formal sector jobs are increasingly precarious and poorly paid, meaning that formal work is not an avenue to greater social equality for many people.
Unemployment is far lower than predicted and isn’t setting off the kind of inflation seen in the United States. There’s no telling how much lower it can go.
Reviving the capacity of the state is also crucial to shoring up support for democracy in the long term.
While the uptick in the unemployment rate in January may seem like bad news, the reason it rose actually shows the labor market returning to normal.
Evidence shows that benefits sanctions push people into worse jobs, with long term negative effects.
The Morrison government could get unemployment down to levels not seen since the 1970s.
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Associate professor at the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Research Associate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director: Southern Centre for Inequality Studies., University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Senior Lecturer, Research School of Economics, and Research Associate, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Australian National University
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Professor, Economics, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Public Health, Newcastle University
