The lack of menopause support in the workplace is affecting both the economy and human rights
Menopausal women and transexual men are facing stigma and prejudice in the workplace -- and it's a bigger problem than ...
Tag: economy
Between the hammer and the anvil: the Federal Reserve’s plan to solve inflation at a 30-year high
Jerome H. Powell, governor of the Federal Reserve Board. Credit: Brookings Institution. In September, consumer prices rose by 5.4% compared ...
How your sewage reflects how wealthy you are
Wastewater from wealthier households showed higher levels of vitamins, citrus, and fiber while poorer communites had higher levels of prescription ...
Trickle-down economics just doesn’t work, and this study shows it
Fifty years of tax cuts didn't really trickle down.
Economic inequality and decline fracture society, says a new study
Well, this can’t be good.
COVID-19 pandemic caused $16 trillion in damage — the greatest threat to the economy since the Great Depression
That's nearly 90% of the US gross domestic product.
Book review: The Infinite Desire for Growth
Today’s gods don’t reside in the heavens, but in GDP figures.
The world’s poorest are escaping extreme poverty faster than ever — but not everything is getting better
Here's an encouraging thought: extreme poverty has been largely alleviated. In 1820, 94% of the world's population lived in extreme ...
What will the economy look like after the pandemic? Past crises suggest rising inequality
It's hard to say what the full economic effects of the pandemic will be, but past events can teach us ...
Artificial Intelligence is helping economists devise a fairer tax system
Artificial algorithms could make our economy more human and fair.
Reopening the US economy would cripple the economy
Just cut your own damn hair, Karen.
Current coronavirus economic crisis mirrors 1930s Great Depression, says the manager of the world’s largest hedge fund
"From 1929 to 1932 there was a fall in the economy, double-digit unemployment rates, and magnitude of fall in the ...
It’s official: soda tax offers “net good” to society
It really works.
China and India on track for world’s largest economies by 2030. US could lose first place as soon as next year
The United States will likely never be able to catch up with China.
How the cryptocurrency boom could make or break Iceland’s economy
Iceland is welcoming a new generation of miners.
As China continues to reduce its emissions, scientists call for “cautious optimism”
It's good news, just not *very* good news.
How much you’d pay for something depends on what prices you’ve seen recently
Well, that and how broke you are.
Aggressive driving burns up to 40% more fuel and can waste one dollar per gallon
Ah cost, the ultimate motivator.
Urban heat island effect could almost triple the cost of climate change in cities, burn economies to a crisp
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fireeee.
The world’s richest 8 people have more wealth than the world’s poorest 3,500,000,000
New estimates show that only eight people own more wealth than the world's poorest 50%.
Citizens are happier in countries where the government intervenes more frequently in the economy
Who knew that governments can make people happier?
Venezuela orders 2-day work week in desperate attempt to stave off power crisis
Venezuela's public workers will only work on Mondays and Tuesdays as the country falls deeper into crisis.
Royal Bank of Scotland: Oil may reach $16 a barrel in 2016
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced clients to brace for a "cataclysmic year" with a global deflation crisis, ...
How many slaves work for you? Find out in this online test
Income inequality and social stratification are hallmarks of today's economy, both in the context of a single country and on ...
Study finds global effect of temperature on productivity
A recent study published Wednesday in the journal Nature shows that there is a strong functional relationship between a region's ...
Sweden is becoming the first cashless country, report finds
Is going cashless really a benefit though?
How much is your university paying for journal access?
At the turn of the 1990s, scholarly publishers were increasingly concerned about what had become known as the serials crisis. ...
UK funds new cutting-edge science facilities, but forgets it needs to pay the electricity bill
(c) The Guardian The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has recently issued a report that laments the embarrassing ...
Half of U.S. jobs at risk of being taken over by computers
Are you ready to greet our new office robot overlords? (C) MotherJonas An Oxford study that assessed the risks ...
Japan earthquake causing damage of £100 bln, still rising
The sad loss of over 10.000 people caused by the M8.9 earthquake and the tsunamis it generated is not the ...
