A crowd witnesses Uhuru Kenyatta’s swearing-in as Kenya’s president after his re-election in 2017.
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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.
Stagflation is scary.
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The US economy is cooling, yet inflation remains elevated, a combo that suggests stagflation might be right around the corner.
Single mothers are more likely than single fathers to have their debts discharged in court.
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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.
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The number of retirees at risk of poverty is growing, making them three times more likely to experience poverty than any other age group.
House painter Emanuel Chisiya and other jobseekers wait for casual jobs work offers on the side of a road in Cape Town.
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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.
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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.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa delivering the 2022 state of the nation address.
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Reviving the capacity of the state is also crucial to shoring up support for democracy in the long term.
Plenty of places hiring, and more people looking for jobs.
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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.
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Evidence shows that benefits sanctions push people into worse jobs, with long term negative effects.
The Morrison government could achieve unemployment rates once seen under Australia’s longest-serving Prime Minister Robert Menzies.
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The Morrison government could get unemployment down to levels not seen since the 1970s.
Cities that have vibrant cultural and public services tend to withstand mass plant closures and layoffs better than communities lacking them, and young people either move to them after plant closures or remain living in them.
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Preliminary research suggests cultural and social services retain or attract employees hard hit by plant closures in other communities. Preserving them may help cities withstand future crises.
Service-focused companies are experiencing some of the highest quit rates.
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While the numbers of people quitting their jobs in 2021 are higher than normal, a closer look at all the existing data suggests the current trend isn’t as dramatic as news headlines imply.
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The dominant forces in the Coalition seem to have learnt their lesson: Australia’s economy still needs serious budget support.
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Thursday’s budget update will forecast one million jobs will be created over the next four years and unemployment will fall to 4.25% by June 2023.
Looters rampage through a shopping centre in the city of Durban during lawlessness triggered by the arrest of former president Jacob Zuma.
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The evidence shows that political risk in South Africa has increased markedly in certain areas over the past two decades.
Surveys suggest job satisfaction is still quite high.
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The narrative of the Great Resignation is that workers hate their jobs and are desperate to quit. The data tells a somewhat different story.
Used car and truck prices are up 31% over the previous year.
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Inflation is rising at the fastest pace since Ronald Reagan was president.
Finance Minister Grant Robertson with his 2021 Budget, which signalled an unemployment insurance scheme was coming.
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With little public consultation and serious questions about how it might work, the proposed scheme is a policy gamble of unknown proportions.
A record number of Americans are telling their managers, ‘I quit.’
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A record number of Americans are quitting their jobs. But before you opt to join them, you should consider the risks and costs.
Gun violence spiked in more than half of all U.S. states in the first 13 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The pandemic brought about a sharp rise in mental health concerns, deep unemployment and an unprecedented amount of social isolation – a potentially deadly combination alongside rising gun sales.