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Global Governance
In Finland, speeding tickets are linked to your income
In Finland, penalties for traffic violations are pegged to taxable income, resulting in some headline-grabbing fines. It’s a model that has also been adopted in other European countries.
Ageing
This is how ageing populations are affecting pensions
New research shows that implementing employment programs in older generations is the only way to protect global pensions.
Supply Chain and Transport
Estonia is making public transport free
Estonia’s capital Tallinn is an interesting case study on free public transport.
Japan
What can the world learn about Japan's social care system?
With a rapidly ageing population, Japan has made looking after its elderly a priority.
Workforce and Employment
Don't believe in a universal basic income? This is why it would work, and how we can pay for it
From Scotland to India, from Silicon Valley to Kenya, policymakers all over the world have become interested in basic income as an answer to extreme inequality. It's time to turn this dre...
Public Finance and Social Protection Systems
Have Europe's welfare states abandoned the young to pay the old?
New research shows that while society spends more time and money on younger generations than old people, the state does the opposite.
India
This Indian state is giving slum-dwellers the right to their own land
Officials of Eastern Odisha claim the scheme will benefit a million people.
Future of Economic Progress
Here's how $13,000 could solve the generational wealth divide
A British think tank has come up with a radical proposal to address the huge gap in wealth between the country's older generation millennials.
Financial and Monetary Systems
Can we afford old age?
Our ageing societies could be heading for major financial issues.
Workforce and Employment
Finland will end its basic income experiment in 2019
New welfare reforms have put the experiment on hold.
Public Finance and Social Protection Systems
What cryptocurrencies will do to the integrity of politics
New avenues for private entities to funnel untraceable money into the political system have serious repercussions for policy makers and the fight against corruption.
Big Data
The key to tackling financial exclusion? Data
The vast amount of information we create and gather today could help reach those currently missing out.
Education, Gender and Work
US school teachers are among the worst-paid in the developed world
Teachers' strikes have drawn attention to the issue.
Financial and Monetary Systems
Where in Europe have wages fallen most?
Workers across the EU are still feeling the effects of the economic crisis.
Financial and Monetary Systems
Where in Europe have wages fallen most?
Workers across the EU are still feeling the effects of the economic crisis.