In many national crises, black Americans have been essential workers – but serving in crucial roles has not resulted in economic equality.
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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.
Will the all-time lowest rate in the world of -0.75% be enough for these alpine explorers?
The next two years look dangerous for the economy. You wouldn’t know it from UK party manifestos.
Argentina has voted for change. Alberto Fernández, a 60-year-old lawyer, defeated President Mauricio Macri with a campaign emphasizing economic recovery, social inclusion and national unity.
When an elected leader turns autocratic, the economy tends to suffer. That’s because, in a functioning democracy, economic policy is made jointly, with lawmakers playing a key role.
Brazil’s new president – often called the ‘Trump of the tropics’ for his inflammatory, right-wing rhetoric – won over poorer voters by stoking fear and resentment. Can he make them happy?
Argentina has been grappling with currency flight and an economy sinking deeper into recession, not to mention the worst drought in decades.
Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is struggling to overcome the national economic destruction wreaked on Zimbabwe over two decades under Robert Mugabe.
Some US$4.6 trillion has been made available to stave off financial crises across the world. The problem is that much of this funding is now spoken for, and the list of stricken nations is growing.
How to understand the economic, political and humanitarian crisis that has brought a South American nation to its knees.
South Africa will be well advised to start preparing itself for an International Monetary Fund programme as the country faces a deepening economic crisis.
China, Russia and the International Monetary Fund are among those contemplating a Venezuela bailout. But help for this debt-stricken nation seems far from assured.
The first Islamist attack carried out by Mozambicans in the country is particularly surprising given the pride the country takes in its sound and relaxed inter-religious relations.
The idea that South Africa must look towards the International Monetary Fund to rescue itself from the prevailing crisis must be dismissed.
The best news and analysis of Venezuela’s dangerous descent into crisis, written by local economists and political scientists who are living it every day.
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Professor of Economics and International Affairs, HEC Paris Business School
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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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Lecturer in Business Law, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Management, University of Essex
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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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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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Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor in Innovation and Associate Dean (Research), The University of Queensland
