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The two hundredth anniversary of Karl Marx’s birth is giving rise to many conferences dedicated to numerous (and God knows there were many) aspects of Marx’s work and …
Why We Lie about Aid: Development and the Messy Politics of Change by Pablo Yanguas. Zed Books: London. 2018.
Every so often you read something that brilliantly articulates an…
Formulating effective policy in our technologically advanced and globalised world has its challenges. It is within this context that the 2018 Horasis Global Meeting is taking…
As the world becomes increasingly politically polarized and some governments abandon sustainable initiatives, like US President Donald Trump’s announcementto pull out of the Paris…
The case for a Universal Basic Income (UBI) has rapidly become part of mainstream political debate. The Labour Party is actively considering the policy, in the US it was revealed…
The meeting between North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and South Korea’s Moon Jae-in is certainly one of the most dramatic and momentous events in the recent history of East Asia. Beyond…
Before the election, presidential candidate Donald Trump promised voters across the country that he would turn the tables on foreign competitors to reverse US trade deficits. Last…
We need to practice economic disobedience so that radical alternatives can flourish.
It’s not easy to get in touch with Enric Duran. Dubbed the ‘Robin Hood of the Banks’ by the…
Just how bad are things with Donald Trump in the White House? And what does having a racist, misogynist, xenophobic and erratic president who continues to enjoy unquestionable…
Illiberal democracy – or populism – is not the only political menace confronting Western countries. Liberal democracy is also being undermined by a tendency to emphasize “liberal…
ESRC GPID Director and Global Policy's Deputy Executive Editor, Andy Sumner, continues the discussion of a model of economic development from the 1950s and shows how it…
As the US, Russia and China test each other’s patience and strategic focus, speculation about the chances of a world war has hit a new high. But many of the people seriously…
To mark last month's International Women's Day, Professor Naila Kabeer looks back over the history of feminist economics and outlines her reasons why it matters for the future.
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Over the past two-and-a-half years, I’ve probably looked at more examples of government innovation than anyone else in the world.
That’s not an exaggeration: I’ve written more…
Including persons with disabilities in emergency responses is a shared responsibility of all humanitarian actors.
As discussed in the first article of this series,…