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Angus Deaton on inequality: ‘The war on poverty has become a war on the poor’

The Nobel prize winner and author of new book Economics in America argues economists must get back to serving society

The Guardian - US

Why the 'drug dealers defence' doesn't work for exporting coal. It's actually Economics 101

In defending a Federal Court case brought by opponents of her decisions to approve two export coal mines, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek is relying in part on what critics call the “drug dealer’s defence”.

The Conversation

89 newsrooms across the world are experimenting with AI: Survey

“More than 75 percent of respondents use AI in at least one of the areas across the news value chain of news gathering, production and distribution,” as per a global survey of 105 newsrooms across 46 countries, published by the London School of Economics and Politics in collaboration with Google…

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Rising number of ‘predatory’ academic journals undermines research and public trust in scholarship

Predatory journals could weaken public confidence in the validity of research on everything from health and agriculture to economics and journalism.

The Hindu

Boys from the Blackstuff review – powerful portrayals of working-class pride

James Graham’s funny and violent TV adaptation belies a sensitive study of male mental health, as right-wing economics hits a group of road layers’ lives

The Guardian - UK

One in six chance of a ‘species-ending event’ in next century, Labor MP Andrew Leigh warns

Exclusive: Former economics professor says biggest dangers humans face are ‘the ones that our technologies’ have wreaked

The Guardian - AU

Money Talks in College Football, Just Ask Portland State

What the Vikings’ wild opening weeks reveal about the economics of college sports.

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Sunak’s Tories, Starmer’s Labour: Britain is stuck in a doom loop of failed economics. Here’s the way out

We rely on too many old ideas. Governments must foster growth that is innovative and sustainable, says economist Mariana Mazzucato

The Guardian - UK

Populists are bad for our economic health, yet they’re still a hard habit to break

They are annoyingly good at politics but terrible at economics – GDP and living standards plummet in countries led by them

The Guardian - UK

UK economics professor has a few theories about skyrocketing auto insurance rates

The latest figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics are almost enough to force folks off the road – a 19 percent increase in auto insurance rates. Dr. Aaron Yelowitz is an economics professor at the University of Kentucky’s Gatton College of Economics. He has a few theories about…

WEKU

South Africa can't crack the inequality curse. Why, and what can be done

South Africa is ranked one of the most unequal societies in the world. The Conversation Africa spoke to Imraan Valodia, the Director of the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, about inequality in South Africa.

The Conversation

Greens attack Scottish freeports plan as 'repeat of trickle-down economics'

FREEPORTS are a repeat of the failed ‘trickle-down economics’ experiment of the 1980s, a Scottish Greens MSP has said.

The National (Scotland)

Naidu formed Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation without approval of State Cabinet, alleges AP-CID

Even as the arrest of TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu in the alleged skill development corporation scam has triggered a debate over the law taking its course versus political vendetta, the prime task before the Economics Offence Wing (EOW) of the Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department (AP-CID) is to…

The Hindu

College student appears for exam on her wedding day

Sathyavathi B. surprised her classmates by running from her marriage hall to her college in Shivamogga to take her final semester exam. She and her husband Francis, who met two years ago, had a simple marriage at her home. After completing her Economics paper, they returned to the marriage hall…

The Hindu

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Fatal stabbing of Gabonese student highlights 'daily' racism faced by Africans in Russia

François Ndzhelassili, a doctoral student from Gabon at the Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg, Russia, was killed on August 18 by a group of Russian men after they harassed him and called him racial slurs. The murder is just the latest case of discrimination and violence against Black people living…

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Ashoka University row: As campus reopens, faculty tight-lipped, and a student body ‘in wait’

“It looks like everyone has forgotten professor Sabyasachi Das,” commented a fourth-year student from the economics department on festivities marking a new session at the Ashoka University in Sonipat, close on the heels of a controversy.

WEKU

More small airports are being cut off from the air travel network. This is why

The pilot shortage and changing economics are to blame for legacy airlines departing regional airports

The Guardian - UK

Bank of England must ‘see job through’ on cost of living; eurozone inflation higher than expected – as it happened

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as easing of chip shortage boosts British car manufacturing by a third

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The Guardian - UK

In ditching a wealth tax, Labour is rejecting growth and embracing bad economics

Rachel Reeves has tied her party’s hands and placed it on the wrong side of the argument, says Josh Ryan-Collins, an associate professor at UCL

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak says airlines must help stranded passengers after ‘dodgy flight plan’ caused meltdown – as it happened

Rolling live news coverage of business, economics and financial markets as disruption to UK air travel continues into third day

The Guardian - AU

Deloitte joins RBA in tipping 4.5% Australian jobless rate thanks to slow consumer spending

Slowdown in consumer is finally flowing through to Australia’s jobs market, according to the latest forecasts from Deloitte Access Economics

The Guardian - UK

UK government delays post-Brexit border checks for fifth time – as it happened

Rolling, live coverage of business, economics and financial markets as border checks to be introduced from January 2024

Al Jazeera

Row at India’s premier private university sparks debate on academic freedom

Ashoka University is accused of stifling academic freedom after it distances itself from a research paper on 2019 polls.

The Conversation

Financial education has its limits – if we want New Zealanders to be better with money, we need to start at home

Even as an economics student at university, I remember heading into town on a Friday night knowing what I needed to pay the bills before I could spend on socialising. But despite having the financial literacy to know better, Monday could still sometimes begin with a trip to the bank…

France 24

Gabon's Bongo aims for third term in office as voters head to polls

Voters in Gabon were called to the polls on Saturday for a triple election in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, scion of a family that has ruled for 55 years, is seeking victory over a united opposition that is fielding candidate Albert Ondo Ossa, a former minister and economics professor.

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