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A big row has broken out over whether Labour's spending plans are feasible or, as Sajid Javid put it, "fantasy economics".
We spoke to some vegans, vegetarians, and carnivores about their food choices and why they made them
Don’t go! It’s not you, it’s economics.
In 2016 we asked the UK public if they felt ‘politicians and the media talk about economics in an accessible way’.
Only 12% answered yes.
We think the subject should be clear, real and diverse. So we started the campaign for understandable economics.
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That's before you even start to factor in how much your family background influences your likelihood of being wealthy.
The UK’s two main political parties promise voters they'd turn on the spending taps if elected. But are their promises affordable?
Some companies have started trialing four-day working weeks to see if we work better when we work less.
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"My belief is that you do any job you can as long as you do it with respect"
We spoke to some vegans, vegetarians, and carnivores about their food choices and why they made them
More than thirty years after the mines closed, mining is still a huge part of the identity of Durham
"They got rid of the mines, but they couldn't get rid of the miners"
"I am financially poorer, though obviously personally very enriched"
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Workers strikes, climate change, and the fact that we love them so much is driving prices up
In thirteen years, you will own nothing.
Cate Blanchett, Danny Glover, Gene Kelly, Ray Manzarek, Paul Newman, Aung San Suu Kyi, Will Self, Arsene Wenger. Believe it or not, they all studied economics before they became famous
Opium production in Afghanistan went up by 43 per cent last year. Here's how an illegal industry is so huge, and so difficult to shut down
They came, they conquered, they crashed… or did they? I talked to as many investment bankers as I could to find out just how Wolf Of Wall Street banking really is.
I have no idea what a mortgage bond derivative is
To mark International Women's Day, Professor Naila Kabeer looks back over the history of feminist economics and outlines her reasons why it matters for the future
‘Planned obsolescence’ is internet conspiracy theory gold. But there’s truth in it, and it’s driving our obsession with trash
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Some animal rights orgs say possessing animals is immoral.
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