Economy

Lights and shadows of “Fair Trade” May 4, 2013 11:52 pm

Lights and shadows of “Fair Trade”

More than 1.2 million farmers in 66 developing countries produce goods such as sugar, coffee and cotton to promote social justice in poor regions. [...]
 
Playing with hunger April 28, 2013 2:39 am

Playing with hunger

90% of food produced annually belongs to only 10 major multinationals. Companies which put their own profits before human lives. 1,000 million people suffer [...]
 
Unemployment becomes chronic in the US April 28, 2013 12:00 am

Unemployment becomes chronic in the US

An overshadowed statistic in federal data, long-term unemployment (LTU) is one of the most poignant social irregularities for millions of American families, as well [...]
 
 
Political decentralisation v. inequality in Peru April 21, 2013 11:57 pm

Political decentralisation v. inequality in Peru

Economic growth in the face of increased ancestral problems. This is Peru’s reality. It is a country with a high level of inequality, with [...]
 
The economic war against Cuba April 14, 2013 4:00 pm

The economic war against Cuba

A conversation with Salim Lamrani on May 28th will examine the blockade suffered by the island for decades because of the United States. . [...]
 
Lehman Brothers: The house of cards January 27, 2013 8:01 pm

Lehman Brothers: The house of cards

On the 30th January, University College London is holding a seminar on this US Financial Services Company. The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in 2008 [...]
 
 
Sexism in the workplace: an unequal society January 21, 2013 5:41 am

Sexism in the workplace: an unequal society

Kayla Harrison, US judo star, is an example of a woman overcoming stereotypes and discrimination in society. . In the last Olympics Games in [...]
 
Does the UK aid budget promote poverty in Africa? January 14, 2013 11:19 pm

Does the UK aid budget promote poverty in Africa?

According to a recent report, the British Government is channelling taxpayers’ money into large corporations through the Department for International Development (DFID), worsening the [...]
 
A hidden world… Corruption exposed December 26, 2012 3:38 am

A hidden world… Corruption exposed

Corrupt officials and organizations across Europe may soon be placed under the critical eye of international tourism thanks to a new series of alternative [...]
 
 
Childhood, victim of austerity December 16, 2012 4:20 am

Childhood, victim of austerity

While EU governments impose austerity policies to deal with the economic crisis, various organisations warn of the negative repercussions of these measures for children [...]
 
Food banks: real solidarity in action December 3, 2012 2:19 am

Food banks: real solidarity in action

There are 13 million people in the UK living below the poverty line, and 115 million across Europe. Of these, 5 million people benefited [...]
 
Britain: the first to recognize it will fall into contraflation November 26, 2012 6:30 am

Britain: the first to recognize it will fall into contraflation

The Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, has just recognized that the country faces an “unattractive” combination of economic contraction and high [...]
 
 
How much longer for the Crisis? September 30, 2012 10:44 pm

How much longer for the Crisis?

August has passed and with it the five-year mark of the economic crisis and financial storm that erupted in the same month of 2007. [...]
 
Is the Japanese economy on shaky ground? September 23, 2012 1:34 am

Is the Japanese economy on shaky ground?

The Japanese economy is the world’s third largest, and holds the second largest volume of foreign exchange reserves. It is facing a reduction in [...]
 
Those responsible for the crisis have to be punished August 5, 2012 1:01 am

Those responsible for the crisis have to be punished

Leading academics and politicians have started the campaign “The Good Banking Forum: campaigning for better banking”, calling for a public enquiry into the corrupt [...]
 
 
 
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