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Cop29: poorer countries are left shortchanged again

Letters: Chiara Liguori says the richest and biggest polluters must be targeted to finance the green transition, while Steve Brown says there is no sign of a transition away from fossil fuels. Plus Philippe Delacote, Tara L’Horty, Anna Creti and Andreas Kontoleon on flaws in carbon credit markets

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Harley-Davidson Can't Afford Trump's Proposed Tariffs

As a quick economics refresher, here's how tariffs work. A company imports either a product or part of a product from a country that isn't where they're based. They cost, let's say, $20 before tariffs. The company then sells that product for $30 to the consumer, netting themselves a small profit.…

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About 20 terminally ill people in UK die in unrelieved pain each day, research finds

Office of Health Economics says it used ‘most conservative of estimates’ and ‘true number is likely to be much larger’

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Why Cloud Economics is the answer to the AI innovation/cost conundrum

Cloud economics enables AI innovation by aligning cloud spending with business value, optimizing costs through FinOps.

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Cop29 president faces pressure over LSE climate academic detained in Azerbaijan

Dozens of fellow academics have called for the release of the London School of Economics professor Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu detained in Azerbaijan.

Evening Standard

Democrats Did Themselves No Favors by Veering Hard to the Left

Economics likely spelled doom for Harris, but extreme ideology sealed her party’s fate.

Reason

The Serviceberry: this Indigenous understanding of nature can help us rethink economics

In the tension between ecology and economics lies an uncomfortable truth: while both words share a root in “eco” (from the Greek oikos, meaning home), our modern economies often seem to overlook the home we all share – the natural world.

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What are tariffs?

This article is part of The Conversation’s “Business Basics” series where we ask experts to discuss key concepts in business, economics and finance.

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Thanks, Larry Elliott, for all the lightbulb moments on understanding economics

28 years of lessons | Sarah Winman’s Still Life | Crocodile infestations | Running bores | Brexit and Donald Trump

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From Thatcher to Trump and Brexit: my seven lessons learned after 28 years as Guardian economics editor

The free market experiment has failed, free trade is out, and populism is rife but it can be defeated if the left can galvanise ideas into a credible plan

The Guardian - UK

How informing shoppers can help fight inequality

Recent elections, G20 summits, and CEO pay scandals have brought inequality to the forefront of the news. Economists often point out that decisions on, say, tax policy in this arena depend on society’s – and individuals’ – attitudes to inequality and fairness. But how you feel about a given inequality…

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Ignore the doom-mongers: the good news on interest rates shows Labour is on the right track

Narratives matter in economics, and we must acknowledge the circumstances the government faces and give credit where due, says economist Mohamed A El-Erian

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Barr set to relinquish treasury amid big ACT public service shake-up

Chief Minister promises 'economics team', hints at fewer directorates.

The Canberra Times

US economy added only 12,000 jobs in October in shock pre-election drop – as it happened

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as non-farm payrolls numbers deliver economic surprise days before presidential election

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What are Veblen and Giffen goods?

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GDP is an outdated way of measuring the health of the economy – it doesn’t reflect the health of people or the planet

Economics and economic policy need a rethink. This is clear from the scale of inequality, joblessness, insecurity and environmental disasters we see in the world.

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves’s first budget offers a chance to break out of the doom loop. Here’s how she should do it

It’s a tall order but Labour has a chance to improve people’s lives in both the short and long term, says economics and public policy professor Jonathan Portes

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Which tactics have football teams used to benefit from their pitches?

Plus: stands delivered from one club to another; Erling Haaland denied; and a brutal time for Ängelholms FF

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End of coal in South Africa: what 100,000 workers will need when their jobs go

South Africa’s move to renewable energy means that the coal industry will be phased out over the coming decades. This transition away from a fossil-fuel based economy will affect over 100,000 workers in coal mining and coal-fired power generation – and their families. Economics professor and director of the Development…

The Guardian - UK

Do you want kids? It’s finally OK to simply say no

If birth rates are falling it could be down to choosing childlessness, rather than economics or infertility

The Guardian - UK

Ascot gears up for Britain’s richest day at races with £4m on offer

Champions Day will not have the pulling power of Frankie Dettori’s farewell last year but the signs are the buzz still lingers

The Guardian - UK

Paul Johnson to leave influential IFS economics thinktank

Leading authority on tax and spending policy to depart Institute for Fiscal Studies next year for Queen’s College, Oxford

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Why is Germany shooting its own stagnating economy in the foot?

A proposed Italian-German bank merger makes sense for Europe, but Berlin is opting for domestic protectionism, says economics commentator Simon Nixon

Reason

Did Inflation Save Us From 'New Progressive Economics'?

Anti-market progressives dominate the Biden administration. Their policies also help discredit it.

The Conversation

This year’s Nobel prize exposes economics’ problem with colonialism

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson have been awarded the 2024 Nobel memorial prize in economics for their influential work on how institutions shape economic development. Some would say the decision to award these scholars the Nobel was long overdue.

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