Economics

Poor pay, polluted air, dangerous conditions…

As his country goes into economic freefall, Belarus’s president plans to trade prisoners – including journalist Andrzej Poczobut – for cash.…

There's a clear link between the sexual assault charges faced by Dominique Strauss-Kahn and what he does every day at the IMF, says Richard Swift…

The time has come for Britain’s biggest companies to pay living wages, says Matthew Butcher of FairPensions.…

Will Sierra Leone see Uganda-style protests following an increase in fuel prices?…

Are democracy and individual rights compatible with the ‘managed contraction’ of the economy? wonders Duncan Green.…

Jess Worth looks at how activists in Britain are broadening the climate change debate.…

Haiti is just one example of a country made more vulnerable to natural disasters by exploitation and oppressive economic policies.…

Anyone who offers a diagnosis of the current economic malaise and prescribes a cure, but has not read this book, doesn’t know what they’re talking about.…

For a decade *Walden Bello* has known what really has to be done.…