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Across the world, economic populism is being touted as a solution to nations’ problems: from Donald Trump’s wall to Britain’s EU retreat and Marine Le Pen’s promise to promote patriotism over ‘globalism’. All the while, the gap between rich and poor grows ever wider, and the rise of automation threatens millions of jobs.
What is the solution to this growing inequality? A group of leading economists, including Nobel Prize-winner Joseph Stiglitz, gathered last year to find some solutions. One of those economists, Ashwini Deshpande, explains what they found, and why right-wing, protectionist policies won’t solve the world’s economic woes.
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Building a great big wall will not close the gap.
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Ashwini Deshpande, University of Delhi
The answer to job losses is not economic protectionism, but a strengthening of workers' rights.
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Arts + Culture
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Farzana Kazi Fahmida, University Utara Malaysia
Rohingya songs and drawings are a form of resistance against the persecutions they face in Myanmar and in Bangladesh.
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Denis Tolkach, Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Christine Yinghuan Zeng, Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Stephen Pratt, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The case of tourist behaviour is especially interesting for debates about ethical decision-making.
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Politics + Society
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Joleen Steyn Kotze, University of the Free State
Attempts to deepen democracy in Africa by limiting presidential terms to two have not entirely quashed a culture of entitlement to rule. Glimpses of it persist, much against citizens' wishes.
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David Stupples, City, University of London
Information warfare is a clear and present danger.
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Environment + Energy
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Scott B. Power, Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Brad Murphy, Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Christine Chung, Australian Bureau of Meteorology; François Delage, Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Hua Ye, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
New research shows that global warming has already begun to exacerbate extremes of rainfall in the Pacific region – with more to come.
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Archer Larned, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Sarah Luttrell, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
During bird irruptions, hundreds or thousands of a single species show up outside their normal territory. Most of what we know about irruptions comes from data collected by citizen scientists.
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