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    • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
      UK society
      To tackle inequality, start with cities

      Globalisation has not levelled the economic playing field — instead, wealth is more concentrated than ever

      A man walks past a homeless person’s tent on a street in London. If we do not reverse course, soaring inequality will continue to corrode our trust in institutions and one another
    • Monday, 8 August, 2022
      Demographics and population
      Demography is not destiny

      But public policy must be informed by a recognition of the effects of falling birth rates

      A man pushes two children in a double buggy in Beijing
    • Monday, 6 September, 2021
      Global inequality
      Covid-19 has made fighting inequality more critical than ever

      The pandemic has widened the gulf between rich and poor, but by co-operating we can rebuild a more sustainable world

      A nurse at an Antananarivo hospital waits for healthcare workers to arrive for their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Madagascar in May
    • Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      Rescue by Ian Goldin — Covid crisis as catalyst

      Could the pandemic be the push humanity needs to create a fairer world?

    • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
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      Oxford research shows influence of social contagion on stocks such as Tesla and GameStop

    • Wednesday, 26 August, 2020
      Globalisation
      Covid-19 proves globalisation is not dead

      As the pandemic pushes more activities online, national borders seem less relevant than ever

    • Tuesday, 3 March, 2020
      Coronavirus
      Coronavirus shows how globalisation spreads contagion of all kinds

      Today’s integrated and complex systems are only as strong as their weakest link

      Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, March 2, 2020. U.S. stocks are coming off their worst weekly drop since the financial crisis of 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    • Friday, 26 April, 2019
      Life & Arts
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      Five hundred years after his death, the old master still has new lessons to teach us

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    • Sunday, 9 September, 2018
      Global migration
      Immigration is vital to boost economic growth

      Research suggests migrants account for two-thirds of US GDP expansion since 2011

      NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 16: A Vietnamese cafe and a dry cleaning business stand closed in solidarity with the 'A Day Without Immigrants' boycott/strike, February 16, 2017 in New York City. Across the country hundreds of restaurants and eateries are closing for the day to protest President Trump's immigration agenda and to highlight the contributions of immigrants to U.S. business and life. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
    • Sunday, 11 February, 2018
      Global Economy
      Five reasons why universal basic income is a bad idea

      Providing better living standards for those left behind by change will be more complex

      epa05698902 A photograph made available on 05 Jnaury 2017 showing clients in Finnish Social Insurance Institution Kela office in Helsinki, Finland 04 January 2017. Finnish government launched at the beginning of 2017 an experiment testing an unconditional basic income. The experiment is being conducted by Finnish Social Insurance Institution Kela among 2,000 persons between ages 25 and 58, who will receive a monthly basic income of 560 euros for two years. It is a unique social innovation with the goal of reducing bureaucracy, alleviating poverty and increasing employment. EPA/KIMMO BRANDT
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      Davos: Historians dream of fourth industrial revolutions
    • Sunday, 20 July, 2014
      ReviewLife & Arts
      A qualified defence of economic complexity

      In ‘The Butterfly Defect’, the authors argue that globalisation needs to be made more resilient

    • Friday, 18 July, 2014
      FT MagazineGillian Tett
      A peek into the IMF machine

      Ahamed lifts the lid on the subtle symbols that signal hierarchy, tribal affiliation and power

    • Friday, 14 March, 2014
      Life & Arts
      The ‘butterfly defect’ at the heart of globalisation
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    • Thursday, 23 January, 2014
      The World blogWorld Economic Forum in Davos
      Davos dilemmas: Black bag confusion
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      Cyber Security
      Global institutions need revamp, Oxford Martin Commission warns
    • Sunday, 7 April, 2013
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      An optimist’s view from the edge of the abyss

      An insider’s take on floundering global bodies depicts a world as endowed as it is endangered by rapid integration

    • Friday, 9 March, 2012
      Letter
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    • Tuesday, 6 March, 2012
      FT AlphavilleLisa Pollack
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      World
      The World Bank is flirting with irrelevance

      The organisation’s incoming president must urgently reinvent it, writes Ian Goldin

    • Friday, 24 February, 2012
      Undercover Economist
      A problem shared is one quickly solved

      Promoting cross-disciplinary research need not require a mysterious blend of social-networking tools and funky collaborative architectural spaces

    • Monday, 17 October, 2011
      Climate change
      Colliding forces

      The world’s migrant population is rising fast – with potentially destabilising consequences, writes James Crabtree

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