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Editor's note
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A decade on and debate continues to rage between economists as to whether or not the financial crisis was predictable. Steve Keen – who was one of the few to foresee the 2007-08 crash – is adamant that many of his peers remain blind to the dangers of ballooning debt. He outlines where to expect another collapse and warns that it will be in the near future. Meanwhile, industry experts David Bailey and Colin Chapman, explain how the growing numbers of cars being sold on credit could cause a crash of their own.
Also today, we hear from the academics behind a new study that reveals the offspring of convicts deported to Australia grew up taller than those left behind in the UK. And a researcher in Mexico sends this dispatch on the devastating earthquake that struck the country earlier this month. Despite a history of quakes, this one came as a surprise. Why? Read on.
We also bring you the latest disturbing developments on the controversial discovery of ancient human-like footprints in Crete first reported on The Conversation, as well as insight into how police rapidly investigate the aftermath of apparent terror incidents such as that on the London Underground on Friday.
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Annabel Bligh
Business and Economy Editor
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Report from Mexico
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The city of Juchitan, on Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, was hit particularly hard by the 8.2-magnitude earthquake that shook the region on Sept. 7, 2017.
Edgard Garrido/Reuters
Luis Quintanar Robles, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
The Tehuantepec gap in southeastern Mexico, where this month's massive earthquake originated, was long thought to be 'aseismic.' On September 7, scientists learned otherwise.
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Science + Technology
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Matthew Robert Bennett, Bournemouth University
Latest development in 'Crete feet' find serves as a reminder of the challenges facing dig sites.
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Monica Grady, The Open University
As Cassini’s titanic mission comes to an end, we need to start thinking ahead. A combined mission to explore Saturn's moons Titan and Enceladus would be a good place to start.
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Business + Economy
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Steve Keen, Kingston University
The UK and US may avoid another crash, but many other major economies look like they are on the brink.
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Daniel Hough, University of Sussex
Politicians need to get serious about the steady drip of scandals.
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Politics + Society
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Hervé Borrion, UCL; Kartikeya Tripathi, UCL
Terrorists are changing their tactics, so security services must too.
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Simon J Smith, Staffordshire University
A new position paper on co-operating with the EU on defence assumes a lot and suggests very little.
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Oonagh Robison, University of Glasgow
Children looking after a family member are making decisions about their future in the context of their role, often limiting their options and stunting their ambitions
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Alex Sharpe, Keele University; Senthorun Raj, Keele University
The ethical mindfield of AI gaydar.
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Sergi Pardos-Prado, University of Oxford
Policies that are hard at the border but soft on the inside help migrants to integrate in a new country.
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Alicia de la Cour Venning, Queen Mary University of London
Genocide doesn't begin with mass murder. It's a long, insidious process that can be stopped before it's too late.
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Health + Medicine
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Barry Godfrey, University of Liverpool; Hamish Maxwell-Stewart, University of Tasmania
A new study highlights the stark difference in living conditions experienced by old- and new-world working-class adults in the Victorian era.
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Amy Brown, Swansea University
Parental well-being is being adversely affected by baby advice which isn't backed by evidence.
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Education
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Heather Cockayne, University of Manchester
The globalisation of higher education and what it means for students.
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Cities
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Fulvio Amato, Spanish National Research Council; Teresa Moreno, Spanish Scientific Research Council CSIC
Subways seem like the perfect solution to improve air quality in cities. But what about air quality underground?
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Environment + Energy
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Martyn Chipperfield, University of Leeds
The Montreal Protocol is finally closing the hole in the ozone layer.
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