The Fed, Treasury and FDIC acted swiftly to protect depositors and stem any panic, but anxiety continues to grow about the state of the global financial system.
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England’s housing strategy will consume our entire carbon budget by 2050 – there are alternatives, but they face political and economic barriers.
A diverse group of experts including representatives of oil companies and banks unanimously agreed that climate change poses an existential threat to the financial system.
With half the global workforce facing job loss, massive stimulus packages are needed to revive emerging economies and reduce mass unemployment, poverty and starvation.
With the launch of the Libra cryptocurrency, Mark Zuckerberg reveals his dreams of building a new virtual country, perhaps inspired by the Roman Empire.
Academics from different disciplines come Head to Head in this series to tackle topical debates.
While the euro’s survival for two decades is evidence of its success, it was born with fundamental problems that have weakened it, leading to near-constant crisis.
It’s becoming easier to steal big licks of money through the financial system. We’ll have to be less trusting.
Years of political instability and economic mismanagement under the rule of ZANU-PF have left Zimbabwe’s financial system in chaos. The country is living on borrowed time and borrowed money.
Republican efforts to kill a rule designed to make it easier for people to sue banks are a reminder of why it’s so important to have a government agency that protects consumers.
The finance industry has developed a powerful set of tools over the years, which could be used to improve well-being and solve our environmental problems.
To better understand and bring under control the new planetary flows that humanity has unleashed, we need to mobilize all the legal resources at your disposal.
The 2008 financial crisis exposed major gaps in central banks’ operations. New features like quantitative easing have since emerged.
Legislating an ‘objective’ for super could have many unintended consequences.
Sanders and Clinton have been trading blows over who’d be best to reform Wall Street, but new research suggests they may not have the ‘authority’ to do it.
Financial inclusion has so far focused on enhancing a poor person’s cash flow. But it needs to involve more. Not enough consideration is given to encouraging poor people to build assets.
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Adjunct Professor, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
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SARCHI Professor of International Development Law and African Economic Relations, University of Pretoria
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Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City, University of London
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PhD Candidate in Financial Inclusion, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Assistant Professor of Business Administration, University of Manitoba
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Associate Professor of HR and Management, McMaster University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Professeur de droit (Law professor) - Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Université Côte d’Azur
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Law, St. John's University
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Professor of Clinical Education, St. John's University
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Professor of Clinical Education, St. John's University
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Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow at Bayes Business School, City, University of London
