The European Central Bank meeting takes place on Thursday. There are five key questions that need to be answered. With a U.S./China trade war hurting euro zone exporters and the Federal R...

Dhara Ranasinghe and Ritvik Carvalho · Reuters 23 Jul 2019

Public Finance and Social Protection

An 1873 law banning gay sex is being challenged in the Caribbean

After suffering abuse for his sexual orientation, a man is seeking to prove that his country's laws violate the constitution that guarantees the right to freedom of expression by taking l...

Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 23 Jul 2019

Public Finance and Social Protection

Is it time up for the gig economy?

This column reports evidence from the UK and the US that while atypical workers may like flexibility, they would prefer a steady job. Indeed, workers would agree to earn less in order to ...

Nikhil Datta · VoxEU 22 Jul 2019

International Trade and Investment

The reason behind the global surge in protectionism

This column suggests that people often react by demanding trade protection when faced with shocks that generate unemployment, with the largest effects observed when it is caused by import...

Rafael Di Tella and Dani Rodrik · VoxEU 02 Jul 2019

Financial and Monetary Systems

These ‘weak spots’ in the global economy could cause the next financial crisis

There are vulnerabilities in the global financial system that, if left untreated, could develop into serious problems, says the IMF.

IMFblog · IMF Direct 25 Jun 2019

Global Economic Imbalances

Can UBI survive financialization?

The idea of a universal basic income is growing in popularity, but it cannot be used primarily to service debt and secure new loans, says welfare economics expert, Lena Lavinas.

Lena Lavinas · Project Syndicate 20 Jun 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

Time to make a fundamental choice about the future of healthcare

Healthcare is increasingly burdened with non-communicable disease in an ageing population. Here's how technology and the British NHS model can help it adapt.

Nicholas Peters 11 Jun 2019

Mental Health

Bad economic news increases suicide rates, research shows

A new study looked at data from the US following the financial crash and found having a more positive outlook on personal finance and the economy in general can actually reduce suicide ra...

The Conversation 07 Jun 2019

European Union

This new study challenges a common myth about EU migration

Europe is home to a number of different welfare systems, each with different characteristics and each affected by migration in different ways.

Marcus Österman · The Conversation 23 May 2019

Mental Health

The British royals have launched a mental health text service

Prince William and Prince Harry and their wives launched a new phone messaging service to help people suffering a mental health crisis.

Michael Holden · Reuters 14 May 2019

Social Innovation

Marriage equality boosted employment of both partners in US gay and lesbian couples

There are reasons to believe that the economic consequences of same-sex marriage legalisation could be large.

Dario Sansone 10 May 2019

United States

The opioid epidemic may have cost the US $38 billion in tax revenue

When looking at data between 2000 and 2016, a study has found that the US opioid epidemic may have cost state and federal governments billions in lost tax revenue.

Katie Bohn · Futurity 24 Apr 2019