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How to destroy a ‘forever chemical’ – scientists are discovering ways to eliminate PFAS, but this growing global health problem isn’t going away soon

18. Aug 2022.

How long do we really need chemicals to last? Sura Nualpradid/EyeEm via Getty Images PFAS chemicals seemed like a good idea at first. As Teflon, they made pots easier to clean starting in the 1940s. They made jackets waterproof and carpets stain-resistant. Food wrappers, firefighting foam, even makeup seemed better with perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. […]

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Will the Inflation Reduction Act actually reduce inflation? How will the corporate minimum tax work? An economist has answers

18. Aug 2022.

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Brazil: how populist politicians use religion to help them win

18. Aug 2022.

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What Netflix documentary The Most Hated Man on the Internet gets right (and wrong) about ‘revenge porn’

18. Aug 2022.

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Facial recognition: UK plans to monitor migrant offenders are unethical – and they won’t work

18. Aug 2022.

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02. Aug 2022.

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Spain and Portugal cap gas prices – thereby lowering electricity bills

16. May 2022.

Global minimum tax rate: European Socialists and Democrats push for implementation

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Global minimum tax rate: European Socialists and Democrats push for implementation

19. Apr 2022.

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UK: 4-Day week trial shows first successes

16. Aug 2022.

UK 4 days week trialThe world’s largest trial of a 4-day week in the UK has got off to a successful start and is showing initial positive results. CNN Business questioned employees and participating companies: Many do not want to go back to the long working hours after the test phase – that’s how successful […]

World

Will the Inflation Reduction Act actually reduce inflation? How will the corporate minimum tax work? An economist has answers

18. Aug 2022.

Politics

Brazil: how populist politicians use religion to help them win

18. Aug 2022.

Politics

What Netflix documentary The Most Hated Man on the Internet gets right (and wrong) about ‘revenge porn’

18. Aug 2022.

Tech

Facial recognition: UK plans to monitor migrant offenders are unethical – and they won’t work

18. Aug 2022.

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The school Cat Stevens built: how Conservative politicians opposed funding for Muslim schools in England

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Beyond GDP: changing how we measure progress is key to tackling a world in crisis – three leading experts

18. Aug 2022.

It’s an odd quirk of history that, on the first day of his ill-fated presidential campaign in March 1968, Robert F Kennedy chose to talk to his audience about the limitations of gross domestic product* (GDP) – the world’s headline indicator of economic progress. It seems stranger still that, despite the power of that iconic […]

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UK strikes: how Margaret Thatcher and other leaders cut trade union powers over centuries

17. Aug 2022.

Strikes are often demonised in the UK as outdated and even unethical, but this summer has seen more workers considering and embarking on industrial action. Railway workers from the RMT (Rail Maritime and Transport) union have been among the most visible strikers, but barristers, airline staff and council workers have also taken or considered action, […]

Economy

Quiet quitting: why doing less at work could be good for you – and your employer

16. Aug 2022.

Could quiet quitting be for you? 1st footage / Shutterstock In many offices (not to mention on Zoom, Teams and Slack), employees and managers alike are whispering about the “great resignation”. The UK saw a sharp rise in people quitting their jobs in 2021, and one fifth of UK workers still say they plan to […]

Economy

Why are gas prices still high despite oil getting cheaper – and what will happen next? Energy expert Q&A

16. Aug 2022.

While Putin reduces Russian gas supplies, Europe has become more dependent on shipments of LNG. Bill Chizek Photography/Alamy While thermometers have been well into the red across the northern hemisphere, people are panicking about the cost of energy bills once winter starts to bite. According to the latest forecasts in the UK, the minimum price […]

Economy

How to tackle the UK cost of living crisis – four economists have their say

15. Aug 2022.

Households and businesses across the UK may need to adjust their living habits in line with spiking bills this winter. Monkey Business Images / Shutterstock UK inflation, already at 40-year highs, could pass 13% in October, according to Bank of England forecasts. While wages have not kept pace with inflation, much of the expected squeeze […]

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Computer chips: while US and EU invest to challenge Asia, the UK industry is in mortal danger

15. Aug 2022.

The chip wars are hotting up. andriano.cz US semiconductor giant Micron is to invest US$40 billion (£33 billion) during the 2020s in chip manufacturing in America, creating 40,000 jobs. This is on the back of incentives in the recent US Chips Act, which has also unlocked major investments from fellow US players Intel and Qualcomm. […]

Economy

How to fix the pensions triple lock but still protect pensioners from high inflation

12. Aug 2022.

The triple lock increases some benefits payments by inflation, earnings or 2.5%, whichever is highest. Max_Z / Shutterstock Plans to increase state pension payments in line with inflation have been reinstated by the UK government and are supported by both of the contenders for the Conservative party leadership. But even if inflation was not always […]

Economy

Energy crisis: why French households are largely protected from soaring costs while British families struggle

12. Aug 2022.

Improvements to the GB power market could help tackle the coming energy crisis. Bohbeh / Shutterstock British households are bracing for a winter of massive energy price increases. The average annual bill is forecast to rise above £4,000, which is more than three times what Britons were paying just 12 months ago. French households, meanwhile, […]

Economy

Gordon Brown economics versus Liz Truss tax cuts: a new twist in the battle to resolve the UK’s cost of living crisis

11. Aug 2022.

The ongoing Conservative Party leadership hustings haven’t seen much agreement between candidates, but they have resulted in the creation of a new political narrative: “Gordon Brown economics”. Foreign secretary Liz Truss explained away her rejection of cost of living “handouts” for households with the phrase. But even as she indicated a possible u-turn on the […]

Economy

Corporations want to profit from the world’s problems – here’s how they can solve them instead

10. Aug 2022.

Shutterstock/seisler There’s a good chance that you would like to see COVID disappear for good. And you may also wish for an end to the war in Ukraine – or any other war for that matter. But would you feel the same way if you were the head of a big pharmaceutical corporation which has […]

How to destroy a ‘forever chemical’ – scientists are discovering ways to eliminate PFAS, but this growing global health problem isn’t going away soon

Will the Inflation Reduction Act actually reduce inflation? How will the corporate minimum tax work? An economist has answers

Brazil: how populist politicians use religion to help them win

What Netflix documentary The Most Hated Man on the Internet gets right (and wrong) about ‘revenge porn’

Facial recognition: UK plans to monitor migrant offenders are unethical – and they won’t work

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Spain and Portugal cap gas prices – thereby lowering electricity bills

Global minimum tax rate: European Socialists and Democrats push for implementation

The European Union Times

UK: 4-Day week trial shows first successes

Will the Inflation Reduction Act actually reduce inflation? How will the corporate minimum tax work? An economist has answers

Brazil: how populist politicians use religion to help them win

What Netflix documentary The Most Hated Man on the Internet gets right (and wrong) about ‘revenge porn’

Facial recognition: UK plans to monitor migrant offenders are unethical – and they won’t work

Economy & Finance News

Beyond GDP: changing how we measure progress is key to tackling a world in crisis – three leading experts

UK strikes: how Margaret Thatcher and other leaders cut trade union powers over centuries

Quiet quitting: why doing less at work could be good for you – and your employer

Why are gas prices still high despite oil getting cheaper – and what will happen next? Energy expert Q&A

How to tackle the UK cost of living crisis – four economists have their say

Computer chips: while US and EU invest to challenge Asia, the UK industry is in mortal danger

How to fix the pensions triple lock but still protect pensioners from high inflation

Energy crisis: why French households are largely protected from soaring costs while British families struggle

Gordon Brown economics versus Liz Truss tax cuts: a new twist in the battle to resolve the UK’s cost of living crisis

Corporations want to profit from the world’s problems – here’s how they can solve them instead

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