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Economy and ecology

Global tax evasion: the good and the bad news

Targeting tax fraud has improved, but the urgency to prevent the rich from benefiting disproportionately from the system remains

By Jayati Ghosh

Reuters/Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Economy and ecology

Saving Earth requires greater cooperation

Eight years on, and the praised Paris Agreement has failed to reach its targets. A globally pervasive geopolitical mood of disunity is to blame

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Ilpo Nyyssönen (CC BY 2.0 DEED)

Economy and ecology

How to address global hunger

Policymakers need to do more than regulate financial activity in global commodities markets to tackle the root causes of hunger

By Jayati Ghosh

Reuters/Christoph Soeder

Economy and ecology

Germany’s true economic disease

In order to heal the country’s chronically sick economy, Germany must reconsider its unconditional faith in market forces

By Peter Bofinger

Reuters/Youssef Boudlal

Economy and ecology

Stronger together

Relations between Algeria and Morocco have been marred by several crises in recent decades. But common environmental challenges require joint efforts

By Intissar Fakir

Reuters/Mariana Nedelcu

Economy and ecology

In search of financial justice

The global financial system is dysfunctional. And yet, calls for reforms that better meet the needs of the Global South continue to face resistance

By Kristina Rehbein

Reuters/Anders Wiklund

Economy and ecology

Sweden’s climate policy is off the rails

The list of Sweden’s recent climate setbacks is long. This should serve as a wake-up call for other countries where the radical-right is seeking power

By Lisa Pelling

Canva/Neil Lockhart

Economy and ecology

The siren song of climate authoritarianism

With the climate crisis escalating fast, calls for more authoritarian decision-making are increasing. But such a shift would likely make things worse

By Jan-Werner Mueller

elkhiki (CC BY 2.0)

Economy and ecology

The masters of greenwashing

The UN’s SDGs are not the answer to the global crises. In fact, with their techno-optimistic, finance-focused approach, they make things worse

By Albert Denk

Nazly Ahmed (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Economy and ecology

Sri Lanka’s dangerous domestic debt restructuring

The IMF's bailout plan for Sri Lanka is likely to exacerbate the country's economic crisis and put further strain on already vulnerable workers

By Jayati Ghosh, Kanchana N. Ruwanpura