The English cleric and economist’s name is used to malign critics of progress. But historical context sheds a different light on Malthus’ ideas, a scholar argues.
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Certain ideas have shaped the success and optimism of state-led development in Ethiopia and Rwanda in the first two decades of the 21st century.
Are Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves focusing on the same criteria for economic competence as Britain’s voters?
The Sudanese crisis is the culmination of three decades of contentious energy politics among rival elites.
By linking different issues together, organisations show the importance of approaching information disorder as a complex problem requiring various responses.
Groundwater has the potential to support broad economic, humanitarian and social development in sub-Saharan Africa, as it has in other regions globally.
Much of what we now think is obvious about politics and economics was worked out by Alberto Alesina.
Food and medical aid at Venezuela’s borders could spark a revolution.
Parliaments might argue more but they make democracy more stable and produce stronger economies.
The president says he’s fighting his trade war because a generation of free trade has failed working-class Americans. An economist explains why tariffs will only make things worse.
The state plays a strategic role, but they are also driven by financial markets – not central plans.
If you’re going to drive badly in Italy, do it towards the end of the local mayor’s term in office.
Graft is common in the way that markets in Kinshasa are run.
Devoting all energies to fight over an imaginary border deflects attention from the real issues.
The finance industry has developed a powerful set of tools over the years, which could be used to improve well-being and solve our environmental problems.
Trump’s noxiousness aside, it remains the economy, and the Democrats’ abandonment of their traditional base that explains Trump’s ascent, according to American commentator Thomas Frank.
The global recognition of BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – has not only led to their greater global political influence, but also reinforced their regional leadership.
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Professor of Finance, King's College London
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Director of Research Development/Reader in Macroeconomic Policy, Canterbury Christ Church University
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Programa Ramón y Cajal; IP de ERC-CoG DEEPMED, Universidad de Sevilla
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125th Anniversary Chair and Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the University of Birmingham, University of Sheffield
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