New research finds that people who live in areas with high unemployment in their youth are more likely to retire early.
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How the Brexit 'divorce bill' is calculated and what impact delays will have on it.
Many employers remain unaware of the law around employing refugees and migrants – even if they could help fill staff shortages.
Consumption has become the primary form of self-identity and self-expression.
Recruiters seem to have unconscious biases that can be overturned by what they see on job applications.
In economics classes, relentless growth is an unquestioned dogma. Yet this same economic growth is rapidly ripping apart the ecological foundations of our world.
Humankind already has the knowledge to make sustainable and socially just ways of living on this planet possible. But new types of design and economics are needed for anything to change.
A recent damning report on probation shows the need to reassess outsourcing by the public sector.
These are the five options for Brexit: Theresa May's withdrawal agreement, staying in the customs union, staying in the single market, the so-called Common Market 2.0 idea or a no-deal Brexit.
The legal minimum wage is vital for regulating low pay and preventing exploitation. But it is insufficient on its own to reduce poverty for working people.
Mandatory reporting could help highlight the ethnicity pay gap in much the same way that gender pay gap reporting does.
With all Boeing 737 MAX planes now grounded, airlines could be losing close to US$60m a day.
A new study looks at the pure financial return of UK home ownership over 40 years to find consistently positive results.
Councils have sold off vast amounts of land since 2014 – land that was previously used for important public services.
In a victory for meritocracy, sandwich placements overwhelmingly go to the brightest students, irrespective of their background.
While everyone frets about the fate of big corporates, the little ones are growing agitated.
Charity law is quite strict when it comes to giving back donations that have already been made.
Top tips to improve your email use based on academic research into email best practice, productivity and stress.
YouTube channels are increasingly targeting children, but research shows these young viewers may not understand when they are being sold to.
Elizabeth Holmes conformed to a myth of entrepreneurial success. This was ultimately her downfall.
The foundational economy has largely been overlooked in public policy but it could provide shelter from the Brexit storm for the UK's deprived regions.
There are mounting calls to dismember the likes of Google, Apple and Amazon, but most people seem to have overlooked the biggest threat of all.
The advent of steam transformed the fishing industry after 500 years of trawling by sail. But overfishing and declining stocks put the British industry at loggerheads with that of other nations.
There are more than 300 contingency plans across government departments.
An exciting announcement about upcoming plans – and we revisit an old favourite episode.
Mexican advertising often portrays that to be white is to be rich, while to be dark is to be poor.
Italy is neither the first, nor will it be the last European economy to follow its own national interest and look for Chinese support.
Brexit
What is the Common Market 2.0 proposal, also known as Norway+ and what would it mean in practice?
Despite growing trade between the EU and India, talks stalled in 2013 after 16 rounds, only resuming in 2018. Some in Brussels blame Britain.
America's objectives for a trade agreement with Britain spell out a stark Brexit future.
How to make sense of the UK government's no-deal Brexit contingency plans to avoid a hard border in Ireland.
The government's £1.6 billion Stronger Towns Fund will be insufficient compensation for the effects of a no-deal Brexit.
Ending austerity series
Imagine if the amount of tax everyone paid was public knowledge – they do it in Sweden.
Wage-increases can end austerity.
A national investment bank will bring much needed investment and create new technology, infrastructure and services that will lead to a fairer and greener economy.
Trade
Too many African countries believe Beijing when they are told in negotiations that they must take it or leave it.
The cargo ship was built at around the time that England was beginning to look further afield for trade opportunities.
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Progress on gender pay issues in finance especially has been too slow, fragmented and uneven.
Young people in the UK experience some of the worst working conditions. To understand why we need to look at longer-term changes in the political economy.
Bitcoin has been on a downward ride over the last year, steadily trading below US$4,000. It could get worse.
A fairer and more efficient way of taxing wealth can benefit society as a whole.
A culture of silence suggests for every headline about sexual harassment, many more cases go unreported.
When it comes to tackling unacceptable forms of work, lessons can be learned from the global South.
A critical review of research into inequality shows the formula for reducing it is surprisingly simple.
There were 6,566 more suicides in the 2008-09 period that were a direct consequence of the rapid decline of equity values.
House prices in London fell by 0.6% in June after years of high growth.
Talk of Saudi Arabia helping Elon Musk take Tesla private is the latest example of a long line of sovereign wealth fund investments.
The strict nature, implementation and dramatic social costs of the EU bailouts prompt questions about their effectiveness.
You can be a better tourist this summer. Here's how.
Employees and their pensions will increasingly be at the mercy of financial markets thanks to a coalition of culprits.
Events
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¡Yo soy Fidel! Post-Castro Cuba and the cult of personality — Royal Holloway
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Front-end planning of capital projects: it’s a matter of choices | Dr Edd Gibson — UCL
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Francis Bacon Philosophy Lecture - Animal Minds and Animal Ethics — University of Hertfordshire
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