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Tunisia is behaving like many other countries confronted by social, political and economic challenges - it’s blaming migrants as a ploy to divert attention.
A new survey suggests three ways consumers are behaving like the US economy is in crisis, which may become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Crisis, which crisis?
An economist provides insight into how inflation is measured, where it comes from and how it is impacting Canadians and the economy at large.
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.
The island nation is the latest economy to implode through mismanagement – for which the citizens will pay more than foreign creditors.
Under fire for her past Russian links, Marine Le Pen may still be within reach of the second round of the French presidential elections thanks to her left-leaning economic agenda.
With fuel shortages and economic ruin causing havoc in the country, Lebanon is in dire need of help. But its supporters may have run out of patience.
National procedures for approving the financing of the European recovery plan are delaying its implementation. But the horizon seems to be clearing.
With a rising stock market and a booming economy in some industries, not all Americans have been negatively impacted by Covid-19. Which parts of the population have come out on top?
Six months into the Covid-19 crisis, the president is boasting that the US economy is back on its feet. While the figures show that some job losses have been cut, there is little room for optimism.
The global economy is currently experiencing its severest contraction since the 1930s. While capitalism will survive, its fundamental structure can change at critical historical junctures.
We are now at the start of the sixth great wave in economic disruption, driven by renewables, electomobilty and smart-city technologies.
In many national crises, black Americans have been essential workers – but serving in crucial roles has not resulted in economic equality.
The U.S. suicide rate has been increasing for decades. According to a sociologist who studies suicide, depression is just one factor among many implicated social conditions.
Rather than dreaming about revolutionary fantasies, the movement for worker liberation is proceeding with a quiet grassroots revolution.
The way richer nations respond to the coronavirus crash will have significant economic ramifications for countries dependent on remittances.
Alongside an impending global financial crisis akin to the Great Depression, Apple has announced its newest smartphone.
We need a frank public conversation about the full economic costs versus benefits of social distancing.
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Professor of Economics and International Affairs, HEC Paris Business School
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Professor in Innovation and Associate Dean (Research), The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Human Geography and Urban Studies School of Social Sciences/ Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Economics, University of Glasgow
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Lecturer in Business Law, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Management, University of Essex
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Professor of Economics and National Senior Teaching Fellow, Griffith University
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Lecturer on Sociology, Harvard University
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Founding Director of Program on Intrastate Conflict, Harvard Kennedy School
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Professor of Economic Geography, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City, University of London
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Visiting research fellow, Australian National University
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
