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Published 10 months ago

Junior doctors are striking. Should we increase their wages by a third?

by Economy Team in News
Published 11 months ago

At COP28, the world agrees that maybe fossil fuels are a bit of a problem

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 12 months ago

A new UK policy will kick people off benefits if they don’t try to work

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 1 year ago

4 in 5 of us aren’t putting enough into our pension pot

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 1 year ago

Greater Manchester is getting its public transport off the struggle bus

by Economy Team in News
Published 1 year ago

How has Thames Water ended up shit creek without a paddle?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 1 year ago

The government wants ‘junk food’ BOGOF deals to bog off

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 1 year ago

The Waterworks of Money

by Waterworks of Money
Published 1 year ago

The Financial Services & Markets Bill: Key Terms and Definitions

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 1 year ago

How will the Financial Services & Markets Bill impact democratic accountability?

by Economy Team
Published 1 year ago

How will the Financial Services & Markets Bill impact financial inclusion?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 1 year ago

How will the Financial Services & Markets Bill impact the environment?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 1 year ago

How will the Financial Services & Markets Bill impact financial regulation?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 1 year ago

Government rules for the UK financial sector are being changed

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 1 year ago

Volunteering and donation numbers are dropping substantially

by Economy Team in News
Published 2 years ago

I was a NHS patient during the nurse strikes. Here’s why I support them.

by Althia Barnett in Voices
Published 2 years ago

“Because of the Cost of Living Crisis, I have cut down on my shopping and I am no-longer frequently going out for meals as I used to do.”

by Selbin Kabote in Voices
Published 2 years ago

How city planners can make toddlers more independent

by Economy Team in News
Published 2 years ago

Only three percent of UK nursery workers are male

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 2 years ago

Protected: Low pay in London boroughs

by Fatima Iftikhar
Published 2 years ago

What is it like to live in a country with 80 percent inflation?

by Economy Team in News
Published 2 years ago

What’s going on with the UK’s big ‘levelling up’ plans?

by Economy Team in News
Published 2 years ago

How many hungry people do you need to make a famine?

by Economy Team in News
Published 2 years ago

The UK is opening a drone superhighway

by Economy Team in News
Published 2 years ago

What are accounts?

by Economy Team
Published 2 years ago

What are audits?

by Economy Team
Published 2 years ago

When my men turned up for work Monday morning, the gates were locked. I couldn’t even get their tools.

by Kevin McLouglin in Voices
Published 2 years ago

The relationship Carillion had with the auditors KPMG was too cosy, it was like the fox guarding the hen house

by Andy Bradley in Voices
Published 2 years ago

How should societies respond to the destruction of monuments?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 2 years ago

Why caring about climate change means caring about Congolese mining

by Economy Team in News
Published 2 years ago

No matter what airline anyone goes to it will never be the same, and that’s because they loved working for the company.

by Olivia Meredith in Voices
Published 2 years ago

Friday I had a good job, Monday I’ve not got a job. Former colleagues still say it felt like a bereavement.

by Katy Walker in Voices
Published 2 years ago

We never got our last pay, we had to claim that from the government but that didn’t include holiday pay and other things.

by Ross Topping in Voices
Published 2 years ago

The BHS auditors turned a blind eye to the things that were going on. That almost cost workers their pension.

by Lin Macmillan in Voices
Published 2 years ago

The UK might get rid of 90,000 civil service jobs

by Economy Team in News
Published 2 years ago

Will technology make us all much healthier?

by Economy Team in News
Published 2 years ago

Biofuel is ‘green’ energy. Some environmentalists want to get rid of it.

by Economy Team in Entertainment
Published 2 years ago

Buy now, regret later?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 2 years ago

My experience attending a Bank of England Youth Forum workshop

by Nayeema Rahman in Voices
Published 2 years ago

Should some people never be allowed to smoke?

by Economy Team in News
Published 2 years ago

Rail strikes have rolled into the UK. Why?

by Economy Team in News
Published 2 years ago

Governments want a global tax rate… but not yet

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 2 years ago

What happens when food runs out?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 2 years ago

£16bn of Britain’s Covid relief funds were stolen or lost

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 2 years ago

The latest global shortage? Babies.

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

How gene editing could turn cows into cash cows

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

China’s zero Covid policy may be hurting the global economy

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

Take claims desalination can fix water shortages with a pinch of salt

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

London’s Elizabeth Line is opening… very late and very over budget

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

More and more of us are falling victim to online scam ads

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

Companies try to improve their green credentials by buying up Scotland

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

Are Americans moving cross-country in order to pay less tax?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

US fuel pumps are the latest example of customer service going DIY

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

Was South Africa right to ban booze during the pandemic?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

The world’s biggest palm oil producer has cooking oil shortages

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

Does British TV need more accent diversity?

by Economy Team in Entertainment
Published 3 years ago

Driving was about to become a lot more expensive. So the UK government cut the fuel tax.

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

The EU is also opening its borders to four-legged Ukrainian refugees

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Virtual learning may mean no more snow days

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Why I think the Tesco Clubcard is an example of the digital divide between the elderly and the rest of society.

by Nayeema Rahman in Issues
Published 3 years ago

1 in 3 UK uni applicants are guaranteed a place before they sit their exams

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Chelsea FC has been caught up in the sanctions against Russia

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Scientists take a stab at creating alternatives to injected vaccines

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

How will remote work impact the careers of younger workers?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

England and Wales are about to (finally) ban child marriage

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

The British clinical trial which saved a million people from dying of Covid

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Russia has been cut off from the SWIFT international payments system. But what does that mean for the economies of other countries?

by Selbin Kabote in Issues
Published 3 years ago

Odds are people will soon be travelling around town in flying taxis

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

This is not just sugarloaf pineapple, this is Beninese sugarloaf pineapple

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Night night, don’t let the app bugs byte

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Who should pay to remove dangerous cladding from UK buildings?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Midlands binmen have gone on strike

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

The New York Times now owns Wordle

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Why I’ve launched a YouTube channel celebrating the British African diaspora

by Selbin Kabote in Voices
Published 3 years ago

Here’s how some US politicians use classified information to make money

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Would more Brits want to rent if the UK had better landlords?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

UK Northerners are more likely than Southerners to develop hearing loss

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

UK economists and politicians are becoming worried about inflation

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

China wants the world’s biggest gambling hub to do less gambling

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Why do so many men feel so lonely?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

This is why my community doesn’t trust GPs

by Nayeema Rahman in Voices
Published 3 years ago

This is how mainstream media can do a better job of including marginalised communities

by Selbin Kabote in Voices
Published 3 years ago

MacKenzie Scott donates money differently to most other rich people

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Should companies ban employees from talking about politics?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

The deaths of another 27 migrants who were trying to cross the Channel is a scar on our consciences

by Selbin Kabote in Issues
Published 3 years ago

I volunteer at a kitchen for the homeless. This is how lockdown affected our customers.

by Yasmin Nabavi in Voices
Published 3 years ago

Nuclear power creates zero-emission energy. Should we use far more of it?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Denmark has no minimum wage… and lots of well-paid low-skilled jobs

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Why are homophobic attacks increasing in Birmingham?

by Althia Barnett in Voices
Published 3 years ago

Non-fungible tokens: what they are and who is buying them

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

UK councils need to do more to stop homelessness in places like Birmingham

by Althia Barnett in Issues
Published 3 years ago

I volunteer for several HIV support organisations. Their funding and services keep being cut.

by Selbin Kabote in Issues
Published 3 years ago

Money doesn’t grow on trees, but should it?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

We could already all drive electric cars if they’d won the infrastructure war

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Post-pandemic, is workplace power tipping towards employees?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

The rise of remote work had led to predictions of a digital nomad boom

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Will we all soon be eating lab-grown meat?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Rocket scientists have a plan to save the Earth from asteroids

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

How much should we sacrifice to help the environment?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Migration often causes gender roles to change, and this impacts household economics

by Selbin Kabote in Voices
Published 3 years ago

Would more foreign workers solve Britain’s current labour shortages?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Economists want to fight climate change with carbon taxes

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

What should the world do with Afghanistan’s embassies?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

The US government wants more state social services… and more taxes

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

I woke up with a lot of pain, so I decided to go back to the hospital. The doctor was stunned they had previously discharged me alone.

by Jamal - Revoke in Issues
Published 3 years ago

I’m a migrant and a writer. This is how trauma and a crisis of expectation shape artists like me.

by Selbin Kabote in Voices
Published 3 years ago

The pandemic has made many American prisons even worse

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

New blood testing methods could help doctors catch diseases earlier

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Companies need to do better. So I go to their meetings and ask them to be so.

by Rebecca Deegan in Voices
Published 3 years ago

For me, housing co-ops are a way to retain my agency

by Sim Wadiwala in Voices
Published 3 years ago

Why do Japanese shops change their sweet stocks so often?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

As a young black man, I often feel that people hate me for the colour of my skin

by H - Revoke in Issues
Published 3 years ago

El Salvador has become the first country in the world to accept Bitcoin

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

To fight against anti-immigrant xenophobia in the UK, we need migrant unity

by Selbin Kabote in Issues
Published 3 years ago

The coronavirus pandemic may be over. The pandemic of apathy plaguing Britain’s classrooms is not.

by Jessica Willock in Voices
Published 3 years ago

Brits still can’t get GP appointments

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

I feel like people think I have come here to take things, but I don’t even have basic human rights

by Filly - Revoke in Issues
Published 3 years ago

Millions more kids are having to work

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

The UK’s biggest trade union just got a new boss

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

If I could, I would make sure that all people have freedom of movement and that no one would go hungry

by J - Revoke in Issues
Published 3 years ago

How are Primark’s clothes so cheap?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

How ‘debt culture’ contributes to the decline in young people’s mental health

by Kemi Ayodele in Voices
Published 3 years ago

Does Financial Fair Play do the opposite of what was intended in football?

by Noah Ahmed in Voices
Published 3 years ago

Asylum seekers risk everything to cross the dangerous English Channel. The UK should do more to help them.

by Althia Barnett in Issues
Published 3 years ago

Builders can now use 3D printers to make entire houses

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Could concern about climate change scupper Scottish independence?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

The UK’s about to have, like, tonnes more teenagers

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Should there be restrictions on accessing public parks?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

It’s the 70th anniversary of the United Nations’ Refugee Convention

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Robinhood is trying to get more people to play the stockmarket

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Improving health literacy may help solve America’s pandemic problems

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

China has banned for-profit tutoring

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Has the pandemic destroyed the middle class?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics isn’t all fun and games

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

EU companies can now ban Hijabs. Religious neutrality or Islamophobia?

by Sahra Mohamed in Voices
Published 3 years ago

A new treatment for Alzheimer’s is expensive and may not even work

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

My immigration journey and a tribute to my adopted country the UK

by Althia Barnett in Voices
Published 3 years ago

Will welfare cuts fix staff shortages?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

What would happen if our colleagues chose the size of our pay check?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

It’s good that the UK government has sympathy for Hong Kong citizens, but why doesn’t it feel the same way about the Windrush generation?

by Althia Barnett in Issues
Published 3 years ago

Dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

Do the UK’s new travel rules discriminate against the young?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

Over five million EU citizens want to remain in post-Brexit Britain

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Injuries may be linked to the menstrual cycle. Why don’t we know for sure?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

Cities aren’t cool enough, and that’s a deadly mistake

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Immigrants are being locked up under Covid restrictions

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

How my community healed from the Covid-19 pandemic through laughter

by Farisai Dzemwa in Voices
Published 3 years ago

Class of ’20 wants a refund

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

We’ve got millions more millionaires

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

People are being offered cows, cash and cannabis to get a Covid jab

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Only half of Americans can read “proficiently”. Why?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

Governments are teaming up to raise corporate tax

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

What makes a piece of art valuable?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

How coronavirus is affecting BAME and migrants funerals

by Althia Barnett
Published 3 years ago

The world’s most expensive medicine is now available on the NHS

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

Couples in China can now have 3 kids

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

How much should charity bosses earn?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Should we all start having hours-long work lunches?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Uber offers free rides to vaccine sites

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

How might events lure back their audiences post-Covid?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Companies are having to deal with more ransom-demanding hackers

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

There’s a lot of small town mentality of ‘you’ll never make something of yourself’. But I’m trying to change people’s perspective.

by A Gent Orange in Voices
Published 4 years ago

Who should pay for the Prime Minister to furnish his flat?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

UK deploys navy ships because France wants more British fish

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Football fans boot off over plans for a European Super League

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Is it fair that countries have vaccine surpluses when others face shortages?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

You can’t have my cake and eat it, M&S tells Aldi

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Could the UK cut crime by reducing poverty and inequality?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Great, now there’s a wine shortage

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Turns out, inflation is higher for poorer people than richer ones

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 4 years ago

Half of Brits aren’t self-isolating when exposed to Covid. Why?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Covid-19 has created a happiness generation gap

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 4 years ago

Banks are mothballing more and more high street branches

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

One in three Deliveroo workers earn less than minimum wage

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

The pandemic has made us puppy-mad

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

One in three Brits may soon be facing economic hardship

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Who should we give vaccines to first?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 4 years ago

The UK got its Brexit deal. Now what?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

I’m very worried about my economic future if we keep going into lockdown. There’s no jobs.

by Faiza Rezai in Voices
Published 4 years ago

Wanted for hire: 6 million new nurses

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

What was up with London’s school shutdown showdown?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 4 years ago

US stock exchange says it’s full of too many straight white men

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Are Tier 2 pub rules classist?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

24/7 shopping reintroduced for Xmas

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Brexit may stop Brits owning second homes abroad and people are upset

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

UK government says Covid-19 means they have to spend less on foreign aid

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Football’s fan ban has been lifted. But who should get the first tickets?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Coronavirus may clog up Santa’s supply chains

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

You may soon have to pay to drive in the UK

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

TikTok teens are fighting capitalism with shoplifting

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Finally, we may have a Covid vaccine

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Disability activists say shops should do more to win the ‘purple pound’

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

How do we decide what should be exempt from Covid restrictions?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 4 years ago

European governments are taking over AirBnBs and giving them to locals

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Welsh supermarkets stop selling tampons, baby clothes and other “non-essentials”

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Billionaires have become much richer during the pandemic

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Should the government provide school dinners during holidays?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 4 years ago

UK gov pirouettes away from ad suggesting ballerinas switch careers

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Could UK banks soon introduce negative interest rates?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Covid-19 and Netflix have teamed up to finish off cinemas for good

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Brits are becoming fed up of Covid restrictions

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

1 in 4 US women are considering stepping back from their job

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Companies are developing ‘immunity passport’ apps

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Snack tax, 10pm curfew and other weird Covid pub rules

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Having a job helps you sleep at night

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Workplaces may have to drug test staff

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Rich countries are buying up all the coronavirus vaccines

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 4 years ago

Should we send the bill for wildfires to those who accidentally start them?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

My family moved to the UK for a better life. Then Covid-19 happened.

by Rohin Sheja in Voices
Published 4 years ago

Being a teenager is hard. Being a teenager in a pandemic is even harder.

by Faiza Rezai in Voices
Published 4 years ago

Covid-19 is more divisive than Brexit

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 4 years ago

US scientists are running low on lab monkeys to test their vaccines on

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Unemployment is going up. Is a four-day working week the answer?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Young people are facing a mental health crisis

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Employees used to love the idea of WFH. Do they still?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Thousands of Brits have lost their job… and it’s about to get much worse

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

After cancelling exams, UK gov decided to lower some A-Level results

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Could Covid-19 end private schools?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Some countries will pay you to go on holiday there

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Our local area was badly affected by Covid-19. Social enterprises are helping us get back on track.

by Andrew Simons
Published 4 years ago

Scientists promise to find out why Covid-19 kills more BAME people

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 4 years ago

Lose weight, save lives, protect the NHS?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

School’s (not) out for summer

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Police, doctors and teachers are getting a pay rise

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Covid-19 & Gender [Podcast]

by Economy Team in Voices
Published 4 years ago

Covid-19 & Business [Podcast]

by Economy Team in Voices
Published 4 years ago

Covid-19 & Jobs [Podcast]

by Economy Team in Voices
Published 4 years ago

Covid-19 & Housing [Podcast]

by Economy Team in Voices
Published 4 years ago

Covid-19 & Healthcare [Podcast]

by Economy Team in Voices
Published 4 years ago

We’re used to having choice, cheapness and convenience when it comes to food shopping. Coronavirus has shown us we need to be more self-sufficient.

by Mary Smith in Voices
Published 4 years ago

We’re a gardening charity. For us, lockdown was a blessing in disguise.

by Chris Vaughan in Voices
Published 4 years ago

“I thank God for all those people who are around and helping me”

by Atsede - May Project Gardens in Issues
Published 4 years ago

I want to work. But without my legal refugee status I’m not allowed.

by J - May Project Gardens in Issues
Published 4 years ago

As an asylum seeker, I’ve already had many difficult times in my life. Coronavirus won’t stop me achieving my dreams.

by Jamal - May Project Gardens in Voices
Published 4 years ago

Community energy projects are playing a big role in local economies during coronavirus

by Penny Shepherd in Voices
Published 4 years ago

How will our government pay for COVID-19?

by Clare Birkett
Published 5 years ago

What is community-led housing and does it have a future?

by Alex Talbot in Voices
Published 5 years ago

The coronavirus has made our existing housing crisis worse. We need more homes, now.

by John Myers in Voices
Published 5 years ago

The UK may be about to have the worst recession in 300 years

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Trump cuts funding for World Health Organisation. During a pandemic.

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Sweden is tackling coronavirus with no lockdown. Will it work?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Is furlough worse for high earners?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Reopen schools, say some scientists

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

92% of Britons want footballers to take a pay cut. Why aren’t they?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Do people need to check their #GardenPrivilege?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Coronavirus is destroying the underground economy

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

UK police are now dishing out £30 fines to people who aren’t socially distancing

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Could lockdown cause more deaths than the coronavirus?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

ClassPass is apparently hated by gyms

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Hong Kong gave all its residents £1k

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Is it ever okay to destroy someone’s stuff as a form of protest?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

UK plans to bar all low-skilled, low-paid non-English-speaking migrants

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Who here has ever been a victim of an AirBnB scam?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

The coronavirus is wrecking China’s economy

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 5 years ago

Alongside the wildfires, Australia is having to deal with piles of koala blankets

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Many health officials think current back pain treatments are a waste of money

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 5 years ago

Minimum wages may reduce suicide rates

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 5 years ago

Coca-Cola won’t ditch plastic bottles because customers like them

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry want to quit as royals and some UK taxpayers are mad about it

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Flybe has been bailed out by the UK government

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Greggs made loads of money in 2019. So it gave £7 million to its staff.

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

GPs make £100k a year. Half of them still want to quit.

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Instead of Veganuary, should we instead start eating more bugs?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

UK government wants to hire “weirdos” (their words, not ours)

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

The World Trade Organisation has basically stopped working

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Why (some) economists hate Christmas gifts

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Americans are circumnavigating the health system by trading medication online

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

We’re all more similar than we think

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

The UK general election is coming up. Let’s talk about government spending.

by Economy Team
Published 5 years ago

Would you kill a rhino for $60,000? How about $600? $60?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

What if internet access was a public service like the NHS?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Odds of being a billionaire? About as likely as getting struck by lightning.

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Tories claim Labour wants to increase your tax bill by £2,400

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

We could all probably take every Friday off and be just as good at our jobs

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Big Tech says they’ll help solve the housing crisis in their local area

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Austerity is out, government spending is in

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

This app is designed to stop you craving chocolate

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Should we bother trying to stop shark attacks?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 5 years ago

H&M’s boss says stopping shopping will have “terrible social consequences”

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Shops are making it harder to get refunds

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Ecuadorians riot until they get their fuel subsidies back

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 5 years ago

Commuters attacked Extinction Rebellion protesters who were stopping them going to work

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 5 years ago

New Zealand says it’ll increase the number of refugees it takes to 1,500 a year

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Wanted: a plus one (for the holidays only)

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Why does football have a racism problem?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

‘Ban snacks; save kids’ says UK’s top health advisor

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

A new law would mean French women don’t need no man to have a baby

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

What if the government’s advisors were a group of randomly-chosen citizens?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Low-skilled immigrants may make some poor Brits poorer. Here’s why that’s not the whole story.

by Economy Team
Published 5 years ago

There’s a growing call to ban or restrict vaping

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 5 years ago

Should the UK introduce a frequent flyer tax?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Vegans aren’t happy about the government’s free milk program

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Personality tests reveal nothing about you

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

What happens to your holiday when your travel agent goes bust?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

More Millennials are going bankrupt. Should we blame Instagram, credit cards or society?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Can we treat the Climate Strike like a regular strike?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

A UK lifeboat charity stops kids drowning abroad and some people are mad about it

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

The NHS is struggling to pay back its loans

by Economy Team
Published 5 years ago

Sports betting is becoming big in Africa and smartphones may be why

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Can you keep teachers in schools by paying them more?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Is rush hour responsible for the gender pay gap?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Vegan influencers are ditching veganism

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Will drones at airports really help slow climate change?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Brazil got mad when offered £18m to help put out the Amazon fires

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

National days: bit of fun or corporate plot?

by Economy Team in Entertainment
Published 5 years ago

Here’s why Trump wants to buy Greenland

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

You can retire early by saving 3/4 of your pay. But isn’t that only an option for the rich?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

95% of parents think school uniforms cost too much

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Emoji is now a global ‘language’. ?????

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Here’s what happened when a bunch of Mancunians had tea with the Bank of England’s Chief Economist

by Beth Leslie
Published 5 years ago

Drugs are killing more Brits than ever before. Who’s responsible?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

A trend towards having kids later in life is good news for the fertility industry

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Millennials may be reading horoscopes to deal with economic insecurity

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Is the NHS really running out of money?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 5 years ago

Who decides which treatments you can get on the NHS?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 5 years ago

Fake reviews persuade us to buy £23bn worth of stuff

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Dinosaur bones are now a hot commodity

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Doctors are being financially punished for working overtime

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Poland scraps income tax for young adults

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

40 degree heatwaves will be the norm in Britain by 2040

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Universities are told off for making it too easy for students to get a place

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Berlin is freezing everybody’s rent for 5 years

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Is fare-dodging really all that bad?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

More diversity could help cure Alzheimer’s

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 5 years ago

Labour members campaign to ban private schools

by Economy Team in What Just Happened?
Published 5 years ago

Holidays during school breaks are 3x more expensive

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Is it wrong to close off London parks for events?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

A campaign group tried to shut down strip clubs by secretly filming employees

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Taxpayers spend £2.4m on Harry & Meghan’s new digs

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Work is good for you – if you do it just one day a week

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Magic mushrooms may be a medical marvel

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Chernobyl is becoming a top holiday trip

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Can you embarrass people into being environmentalists?

by Economy Team
Published 5 years ago

High streets in the UK now have more businesses but fewer shops

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Some Arab countries are getting worried about food waste during Ramadan

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Did Trump just say he wants to buy the NHS?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Pub owners hate it when you drink tap water

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

The rise of the raspberry-picking robots

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Here’s why we like men’s art more than women’s

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Now you can pay to mute your Uber driver

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Reality TV shows are being criticised for damaging their contestants’ mental health

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Would you eat an iguana?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Alabama bans abortion

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Want to be happy? Be a retired, married, healthy homeowner.

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

New antibiotics aren’t being made. That could cause 10 million deaths by 2050.

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Economy Asks: What do pet owners think about pets?

by Economy Team
Published 6 years ago

Take our quiz to find your perfect pet!

by Economy Team
Published 6 years ago

Pets are property. Should they be?

by Economy Team
Published 6 years ago

Festival tents are contributing to climate change

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

People are having less sex. Blame society.

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The NHS is running out of nurses

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

People are mad that M&S Percy Pigs are now veggie

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Should all kids get free school dinners?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The UK could have net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Charitable donations to rebuild Notre Dame are being criticised for prioritising buildings over people

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Credit scores are going international

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Would banning tips improve hospitality work?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Home Secretary wants UK to stop disclosing all criminal records to employers

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Climate change protestors try to bring London to a standstill

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Trump thinks Cuban MLB players fund “brutal” communism

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

10 Random Facts About the 4/20 Festival

by Economy Team
Published 6 years ago

We met a drug dealer. He told us about his pension plan.

by Economy Team in Voices
Published 6 years ago

The Northern Powerhouse doesn’t look very powerful atm

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Making divorce easier makes it cheaper, too

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

UK gov won’t give benefits to people who “deliberately” use up their savings

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Would you become a drug dealer if the UK legalised all drugs?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Is Brunei passing homophobic law to boost investment?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Working pensioners are being stuck with a big tax bill

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

China’s rating people on how ‘good’ a citizen they are

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

WOW Air has gone bust

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

New parents can’t afford nappies, prams or baby clothes

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Apple is launching a Netflix rival

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Here’s how to make tax collection fun

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Grow-your-own coffee cups could save the planet

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Some rich people illegally bribed their kids into Ivy League schools

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

1/5 Brits don’t have basic digital skills

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

One big hurricane could ruin world economy

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

UK council tax bills are going up by £80-ish

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Too much free time makes us unhappy

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Should vaccinations for kids be compulsory?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

10% of British adults have never had a paid job

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Venezuela is mad the USA tried to give food to its hungry people

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

ISIS members can’t be British, says UK gov

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

UK towns are getting rid of all their free ATMs

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Latest news headlines: What’s going on with climate change, transgender rights and Trump’s wall?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Latest news headlines: What’s going on with Chinese New Year, Gigi Hadid and that Insta-famous egg?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Latest news headlines: what’s going on with ‘The Greatest Dancer’, free funerals and goat rights?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Econ-amazing: What we did in 2018

by Economy Team
Published 6 years ago

Latest news headlines: what’s going on with Brexit, the economy, and Trump’s government?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

What’s going to happen after the Brexit vote?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

What has the Brexit vote done to the UK economy?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The UK’s renegotiating its Brexit deal

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Would you eat a spicy GM tomato that helps you lose weight?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

British shops sold less Christmas stuff than they have for ten years

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Could more grammar schools mean more BME students going to top unis?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

There’s a new cryptocurrency designed specially for kids

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

A million families will lose their child benefits by 2020

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Drug dealers are marketing their products as “vegan” and “ethically sourced”.

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Chicken nuggets no longer the thing Twitter users care about most

by Economy Team in Entertainment
Published 6 years ago

Super rich people are going on gap years

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

This academic thinks we should lower the voting age to 6

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

You’re more likely to die on January 6th than on any other day of the year

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Big business bosses have already earned as much as you will for the whole of 2019

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

UK gov refuses to let couple ‘sell’ their house for £10

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Drug-dealing teens escape jail thanks to their grasp of grammar

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Global warming might bring bluefin tuna back to Britain

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

80% of UK manufacturers can’t find skilled staff

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

2019 is gonna be all about the ‘pet economy’

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

China says it’ll use force if needed to take back Taiwan

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

UK train fares just got 3% more expensive

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Christmas 2018: Economy Roundup

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Hungarians have been asked to work an extra 400 hours a year.

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The BBC might make elderly Brits pay to watch TV

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

‘Don’t plan any holidays after Brexit Day’, UK gov (denies) saying

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Want to know the economics of Xmas Jumper Day?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

UK bans gender stereotypes on TV ads

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Shall we just start calling her Theresa Mayday?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Here’s how the value of the pound is figured out

by Economy Team
Published 6 years ago

Barclays has made a bank card that stops you spending money down the pub

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Americans want their workplaces to pay them to never call in sick

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Brits want a second Brexit referendum… and would vote to Remain in the EU

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

More playtime could reduce poverty and inequality

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

The French are rioting over rising fuel tax

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

IKEA and Walmart say they’re gonna save the world

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Womb transplants might mean men can soon have babies

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Some (white) instagrammers are appaz pretending to be black to get more followers

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

A cinema is charging Londoners 40 quid a ticket

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The UK Transport Secretary has been blamed for train delays

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Japan is giving away free houses

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

MPs say UK gov broke parliament’s rules with its Brexit deal

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Most millionaires don’t think they’re rich enough

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Money experts think Bitcoin is now completely worthless

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Spitalfields in London wants to have its own council

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

What actually is the EU?

by Economy Team
Published 6 years ago

Japanese companies told to pay compensation to former forced workers

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Ford says it can predict car crashes before they happen

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Kellogg’s green lights “traffic light” labelling

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

What would a hard Brexit look like? How about a soft Brexit? A no-deal Brexit?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

A hunting group invited some MPs to shoot the breeze (and some birds) and people are mad

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Every UK child is going to be taught coding

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

UK police say they can’t cope with all their 999 calls

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

London’s getting a bunch of new skyscrapers

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Amazon is accused of using surge-pricing to take advantage of the Californian wildfires

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Feminism might literally save women’s lives

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

How should economists think about sex work?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Department for Transport wants to reduce cyclist accidents by bribing drivers

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Extinction Rebellion is blocking London roads to stop climate change

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

1 in 200 Brits are homeless

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Brits think benefit claimants should take any job they can. Should that include sex work?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

People have some opinions on the fees migrants pay to send money to their families

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

AirBnB has got entangled in the conflict between Israel and Palestine

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Now Spain is threatening to scupper any Brexit deal

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Here’s why we drink more alcohol when the weather’s shit

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Should schools ban designer coats?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

A Brexit negotiator suggested Britain stay in the EU till 2022

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Technology is taking over our workplaces. Should we be scared?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Fake meat, including fake blood, is becoming super popular

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

New software stops journalists ignoring women

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

May’s finally got a Brexit deal. It’s already going tits up.

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

What’s technology got to do with the economy?

by Economy Team
Published 6 years ago

Don’t wipe with wet wipes: they block sewers

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Men have longer commutes than women. #EverydaySexism?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Brits may now need a €60 visa to visit EU

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Are fewer fast food joints a sign poor Americans are getting poorer?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Chinese shoppers just spent $30 billion celebrating being single

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

UK firms want to put microchips in their staff

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Is the minimum wage a good thing?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Businesses are trying to find people to sit in empty offices

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Thames Water has put up Londoners’ bills to give more money to investors

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Should we be able to ‘self-identify’ as any age we want?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Democrats win House of Representatives in US midterm elections

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Is Ibiza’s new tourist tax scaring away Brits?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Scouts try to go gender neutral… and get sued

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Taxpayers *don’t* have to pay for Treasury cat

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Should police prosecute men who laughed at Grenfell fire?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

British women now have to wait as long as men to retire

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

WTF was Fiscal Phil actually on about?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Phil’s Budget Speech: Hot or Not?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Channel 4 has opened a new HQ in Leeds

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

America continues sanctioning the shit out of Iran

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Should fireworks boxes show violent injuries and warnings?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

UK Budget 2018: Highlights

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

How will the UK Budget 2018 change your life?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

NHS refuses to give IVF to women over 34

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

New technology knows when we’re lying

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Women have declared war on make-up

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Should the government ban adverts for harmful products?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

The Catholic Church made its own version of Pokemon Go

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Getting up earlier won’t (always) make you more productive

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

UK police risk becoming “irrelevant”. Uh oh.

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Brexit may sink the Titanic.

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Yeah, you can’t sell things that cause cancer, judge tells firm

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Trump is “very unhappy” with America’s central bank.

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Premier Inn is selling tiny hotel rooms for £19

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The UK’s legal aid organisation is going to court… to defend itself

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Brits are getting fatter. Are takeaway joints to blame?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Saudi Arabia discovers crime doesn’t pay

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Stop smoking, it’s bad for you, says big cigarette company

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The poorer we feel, the more meat we eat

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Open borders vs. closed borders

by Economy Team in Issues

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