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The New Great Depression Is Coming. Will There Be a New New Deal?
“As we approach this year’s election, we’re looking at an abyss. The question is what will fill it. Societal disaster can have horrific political consequences: Around the world, despots are using the pandemic as an excuse to grab ever more power. But the need to rebuild the country comes with opportunities” (Michelle Goldberg, 2020).
Mark Carney on how the economy must yield to human values
"In recent years, the market economy has become the market society. The virus could reverse that trend" (Carney, 2020)
Supporting fair tax systems
This joint Oxfam and Action Aid report examines how the EU’s aid to DRM is disbursed looking at what we consider essential for a good quality DRM project: country and regional ownership of DRM, fairness, inclusiveness and local empowerment. Essentially: more revenue collected in a more progressive way, under a robust and inclusive process locally.
Is This Tyranny? Notes from the election’s sidelines
"A funny thing happened in 2008: I lost the right to vote. Having been a non-resident of Canada for five years, I could no longer cast an absentee ballot. And not being a citizen of the United States, I could not, still cannot, vote where I live. So there it is. I am, in the eyes of the world’s elections agencies, an extravagant and wheeling stranger of here and everywhere." (Mohamed, 2020)
It’s time for mission-led business to step up — with people, not for them
This article examines how “by shifting our collective thinking about the relationships between citizens and businesses, we can build commercial enterprises into platforms for participatory purpose, above and beyond the act of consumption” (Holtaway 2020).
How the Coronavirus Pandemic Fuels Trump’s Autocratic Instincts
"Trump apparently read from a teleprompter on Wednesday night. After weeks of dismissing the threat of a pandemic and of continuing to obsess about his own personal grievances, he finally sounded grave… precisely because Trump was not at his worst… in the extraordinary situation of a pandemic, what we are witnessing is peak Trump." (Gessen, 2020)
Unlocking sustainable development in Africa by addressing unpaid care and domestic work
"The brief draws on research and programming experience from Oxfam’s Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) programme… This paper draws on WE-Care initiatives… and presents evidence-based solutions from these five countries to address UCDW across the continent."
The social contract in the 21st century
Economic outcomes and the relationship between individuals and institutions have shifted for workers, consumers, and savers in advanced economies.
Climate risk and response: Physical hazards and socioeconomic impacts
How could Earth’s changing climate impact socioeconomic systems across the world in the next three decades? A yearlong, cross-disciplinary research effort at McKinsey & Company provides some answers.
Reviving innovation in Europe
Innovation is of fundamental importance for Europe’s economic and social system. These five paths could build on its strengths and help the continent regain its competitive edge.
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