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AI’s evangelists are promising a future of almost unimaginable prosperity. There’s good reason to be sceptical.
Afghans who have lost US work permits and protections from deportation fear persecution by the Taliban if they return to Afghanistan.
The Reserve Bank’s encouraged by the sharp fall in inflation and worried about the global outlook. Here’s why it looks likely we’ll see one more rate cut this year.
Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock needs to keep the bank’s focus on unemployment as well as inflation.
Where children in a household are working, adults may stop looking for jobs.
The programme showed improved mental health, reduced distress and a stronger sense of belonging among unemployed young people.
Today’s youth are navigating a perfect storm of persistent inflation, global trade tensions, a saturated labour market and restructuring driven by automation and AI.
A new book documents how young people in an informal settlement on the outskirts of Johannesburg use social ties to find ways of making a living.
Kenya’s institutions, communities and leaders need to make the new law work for those it was designed to serve.
In France, research shows that geographic clusters of industries that share similar knowledge bases and technologies have boosted employment in and across regions.
Economic modelling suggests that a basic income grant for all individuals aged between 18 and 59 could significantly reduce poverty and inequality in South Africa.
The inflation picture is improving, but the central bank is worried about the global economic backdrop.
There is a need to create regional or continent-wide regulatory frameworks for protection of African gig workers.
It’s not just about having money problems − it’s how you feel about those problems that matters most for your mental health.
In the Albanese government’s last federal budget before the election, new spending promises are likely to be limited.
The rise of the information economy has been one of the biggest transformations of the Australian economic landscape since the start of the millennium.
Nigeria needs a broad-based coalition of developmentalist elites.
Nigeria’s 2025 budget is anything but pro-poor.
Canada and other OECD nations are missing an opportunity by failing to fully utilize immigrant talent.
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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DSTI/NRF Research Chair in Welfare and Social Development, University of Johannesburg
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Professor, Economics, University of the Western Cape
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate professor, University of Johannesburg
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Research Associate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska Omaha