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Selling off assets to foreign owners, deregulating markets, and liberalising financial services only leads to inequality and instability, says Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, chief executive of the New Economics Foundation

With war at Europe's doorstep and US support uncertain, the continent must focus on military readiness and strategic autonomy. RFI's David Coffey speaks with Serge Stroobants of the Institute for Economics and Peace on whether Europe can defend itself and at what cost.

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Ben Stein plays an economics teacher explaining how tariffs exacerbated the Great Depression

Our shared reality has always come from a mix of media, and once a medium has been instantiated, it never really goes away.

London School of Economics defends decision to hold book launch describing Hamas as ‘vilified’ and ‘demonised’ by the West

Rachel Reeves has wrongly claimed that she had work published in one of the world’s leading economics journals amid growing concerns that she…

Pressure growing on chancellor following allegations she exaggerated Bank of England experience on her CV

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as sterling rises on surprisingly weak US retail sales and Thames Water appeals to raise bills further

Coal fired power stations produce 85% of South Africa’s electricity, making the country the biggest producer of harmful greenhouse-gas emissions in Africa. To move away from coal and meet its commitment to reaching net zero emissions by 2050, South Africa needs to dramatically increase production of renewable energy. New research…

Editorial: The US president’s tariffs pose as worker protection, but they’re a smokescreen – his bluster trades US credibility for a $4.6tn tax-cutting giveaway to the rich