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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…

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…

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. 1…

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…

Tristan Kenderdine examines the growing dependency of global industrial output on Chinese policy and the risks this holds for a global trade perspective. Ahead of the Astana…

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,…