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The polycrisis industrial complex
By David Keen and Ruben Andersson - Feb 18, 2024 - Last updated at Feb 18, 2024 01:16
LONDON/OXFORD — In Constantine Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians”, the much-feared barbarians never turn up. ...
Reducing plastic pollution requires local remedies
By Mirei Endara de Heras - Feb 18, 2024 - Last updated at Feb 18, 2024 01:16
PANAMA CITY — As the United Nations enters the final stretch of negotiations for a new treaty to end plastic pollution, governments must wor ...
The rise of consumer crypto
By Steve Kaczynski and Scott Duke Kominers - Feb 15, 2024 - Last updated at Feb 15, 2024 22:56
CAMBRIDGE — Since its inception with the launch of Bitcoin in 2008, blockchain technology has gone through numerous cycles of public attenti ...
A marshall plan for Africa
By Colin Coleman - Feb 15, 2024 - Last updated at Feb 15, 2024 01:00
NEW YORK — Africa could be the largest source of global economic growth over the next half-century. ...
No one wins in a lose-lose world
By Tobias Bunde and Sophie Eisentraut - Feb 14, 2024 - Last updated at Feb 14, 2024 00:44
MUNICH — If the international community was ever on track toward a more peaceful and just global order, it was during the early post-Cold Wa ...
Credit Bidenomics for rising US wages
By Arindrajit Dube - Feb 13, 2024 - Last updated at Feb 13, 2024 02:21
AMHERST — Amid global inflationary pressures and geopolitical turmoil, the American job market is experiencing a major transformation: Real ...
Strengthening Africa's community health programmes
By Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Jean Kaseya - Feb 13, 2024 - Last updated at Feb 13, 2024 02:20
MONROVIA/ADDIS ABABA — In 2017, African Union heads of state pledged to deploy two million community health workers (CHWs), recognising thei ...
How to depolarise American politics
By Edward B. Foley and Eric S. Maskin - Feb 11, 2024 - Last updated at Feb 11, 2024 23:53
TUCSON/CAMBRIDGE — More than ever before, Americans are dissatisfied with their two main political parties, the Democrats and the Republican ...
West Africa's Brexit moment could fuel regional turmoil
By Adekeye Adebajo - Feb 11, 2024 - Last updated at Feb 11, 2024 23:53
PRETORIA — On January 28, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso announced their withdrawal from the 15-member Economic Community of West African Stat ...
China's economic prospects are brighter than they appear
By Yu Yongding - Feb 09, 2024 - Last updated at Feb 09, 2024 01:53
BEIJING — The start of 2024 has been marked by a wave of increasingly pessimistic forecasts for China’s economy. ...

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