Over the past half-century, a rising share of economic activity in the UK and other rich countries has been connected with ‘bad’ wealth accumulation.

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Despite billions of naira spent yearly to cushion hardship, a new World Bank report says Nigeria’s social safety-net ...

Economics professor Christopher Clarke joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about The Great Depression.

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The first ever disruption to the nation's largest anti-hunger program came as a shock. It's shaken trust in the program for ...

Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has revealed that only 5% of illegal firearms cases involving the 1,400+ weapons removed ...

Hundreds of thousands of older people missed out on vital help with their heating bills last winter - not because they ...