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The rise and fall of UK trade union membership numbers can impact the instances and success of industrial action.
Britain’s households are facing a cold winter but its power market could learn something from neighbouring systems to avert a crisis
A psychologist explains how your brain helps you save money.
If the labour movement can organize and mobilize working people in B.C. and Canada, the change could be significant.
With a recession seeming imminent, many Canadians are rightfully concerned about the state of their finances. Here are some ways you can be prepared for one.
Some leadership contenders seem to have big plans for a smaller state.
The late 1970s marked a high point for economic equality in the UK. Returning to the progressive policies that made that possible could solve today’s cost of living crisis.
The rich history of UK consumer culture has been captured in the composition of the ‘basket of goods’ used to measure inflation.
Peace between Russia and Ukraine will not be the end of the global crisis, say experts.
Poverty impacts your mental health as much as your daily life and your physical wellbeing.
Lower real living standards now represent the price of being in paid work.
Food prices are not the only issue to worry about as the world starts to feel the economic fallout from the Ukraine war.
In the absence of a clear plan for affording the high costs of decarbonisation, it’s time for the UK Treasury to tax fossil fuel companies.
It’s surprisingly difficult for most to make a profit.
Millions of people experiencing food poverty turn to food banks, and the number is growing.
Starting out is getting more and more expensive.
Only by requiring state agencies to budget and plan for gender equity can genuine well-being be achieved for New Zealand’s women.
Our experts weigh up the winners and losers in a budget that had to balance an immediate cost-of-living crisis with long-term ambitions for health and climate change.
Why the government’s main measure of poverty doesn’t tell us much about the lowest-income people.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City, University of London
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Professor of Economics, University of Waikato
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
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Vice Dean and Associate Professor in Economics, University of East London
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Professor of Banking and Finance, Brunel University London
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics | Freelance Consultant, Sheffield Hallam University
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Director, Nottingham Institute of Education, Nottingham Trent University
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Paul Whiteley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor of International Relations, Jean Monnet Professor of European Security, National University Odesa Law Academy
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Director of the Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families and Children, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Politics, Massey University
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
