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COMMENT: As traditional donors like the US and UK cut back, the answer for Africa and the Global South is not in charity, but in a fundamental restructuring of how the world economy is organised, writes Fadhel Kaboub

The economy's in shaw-mbles.

Across all the tariff-impacted industries, payrolls fell by 90,100 after February—the last pre-trade war month.

Experts believe the true cost of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union strike could rise further this week

"Central to our view," Morgan Stanley's Mike Wilson argues, "is the notion that the economy has been much weaker" than the headline numbers suggest.

Tariffs, tax legislation and President Trump's immigration policy are all contributing to an unclear economic picture.

The world's eighth-largest economy isn't a country — it's Texas. Bigger than most nations in GDP, the Lone Star State likes to market itself as unstoppable. But behind the bravado, Texans are struggling more than anyone else in America to keep up with their bills.

U.S. economy may be holding steady overall, but the financial divide is getting harder to ignore. Higher-income households are spending more and seeing stronger wage growth, while lower-income households are increasingly feeling left out, according to recent data from the Bank of America Institute.

It’s no secret that convenience sells, but what many people don’t realize is how much companies depend on customer inaction. From hidden fees to subscription traps, the economy thrives on people choosing the easiest path rather than the most cost-effective one. These weird ways businesses profit off customer laziness might…