Many Americans have been unable to pay their electric bills during the COVID-19 pandemic, racking up billions of dollars in delinquent bills. Where will the money come from?
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Canadian governments are failing to treat future citizens fairly by saddling them with huge debt. What policies should Canadian governments enact that offer greater fairness to future generations?
From policy to performance, a panel of five political experts analyses the first televised leaders’ debate of the 2020 New Zealand election campaign.
While those on the left, right and middle worry about the federal deficit, the real world that we live in is in trouble. The fiscal prudes are fretting about the wrong issues.
The speech from the throne is just around the corner. Will the Liberal government make broad and much-needed economic and social change amid the pandemic, or will it give in to the wealthy again?
The IMF loan does not impose any conditions over and above what is in South African law on how the funds can be used; it only seems to expect the country to implement policies already announced.
After enduring decades of exploitation at the hands of the French, Haiti somehow ended up paying reparations – to the tune of nearly $30 billion in today’s money.
Pressure is growing to include struggling Pacific nations in an Australia-New Zealand travel bubble, but economic diversity is what the region really needs.
For economically strapped Americans, the financial fallout from the epidemic may be permanently embedded in their digital profiles, making it harder for them to regain their economic footing.
The contrast between the real economy and the stock market is striking. How long will it last?
The UK must look now to a package of long-term measures that includes investment in industry and public services, increased unemployment benefits and universal basic income.
Millions of South Africans exchange billions of rands annually but disputes involving these transactions hardly ever appear before the country’s courts.
The Indonesian government is still struggling to patch “infrastructure gaps”, The COVID-19 pandemic will make it even harder.
It’s time for the Bank of Canada to do more to help provincial governments deal with the financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
There are two key questions regarding Canada’s fiscal sustainability during the pandemic. Can we afford to provide short-term financial support to Canadians? And how quickly will our economy recover?
Modern viewers: Scrooge doesn’t discuss what he’s learned or ask for redemption. He swiftly negates the life he would have led, had it not been for the ghostly interventions.
It’s not clear whether South Africa’s president can coordinate his ministers in a way that provides clarity about dealing with the country’s energy crisis.
Mobile loan platforms have given Kenyans access to easy loans, but they come at a high price.
Several presidential hopefuls have offered proposals to close the racial wealth gap, from baby bonds to reparations. A simulation suggests policies short of direct aid to blacks won’t do the trick.
While critics accuse companies facing lots of lawsuits of using bankruptcy as a sort of ‘get of jail free card,’ the reality of the legal procedure is more complicated.
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Part-Time Professor of Economics, The New School
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Emeritus Professor of Public Policy, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Finance, University of Canberra
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Senior lecturer, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
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Associate professor, University of Cape Town
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Deputy Chair of Business Administration, Touro University
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Associate Professor of Finance, Texas State University
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Consulting Economist; and Senior Research Fellow University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Social Policy, University of Birmingham