NUEVA YORK – La inteligencia artificial (IA) promete avances importantes en productividad, ciencia, medicina y educación. Pero también amenaza con destruir millones de empleos, encoger a la clase medi...

Artificial intelligence (AI) promises remarkable gains in productivity, science, medicine and education. But it is also poised to wipe out millions of jobs, hollow out the middle class, and drain the ...

The role of international financial institutions (IFIs), particularly the World Bank

A new book by economist Clara Mattei explains why calls for governments to balance budgets and live within their means are often a thinly veiled justification for an assault on the poor.

Economist Clara Mattei explains how her profession has provided elites with a justification for austerity and exploitation.

FLEXIBILITY: Full Time Introduction In October 2020, six months into the pandemic, more than 500 civil society organizations and academics from all over the world published an open letter calling...

Syria's government is pursuing economic growth through liberalisation, foreign investment and cuts to state spending. These moves benefit the new elite but won't lift the majority out of crisis.

“Hi-tech meets humanity in this devastatingly powerful look at the impact of Austerity” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Stage Witness the human stories of Austerity Britain in this deeply moving, mixed reality exhibiti...

Qatar hosted the Second World Summit for Social Development from 4–6 November. According to the United Nations, more than 40 Heads of State and Government, 230 ministers and senior officials, and near...

The rally was organised by the National Trade Union Bloc, made up of dozens of professional federations and comes as Romania’s government pursues measures to reduce the budget deficit.

A recent World Bank reports examines Sri Lanka’s austerity policies following the 2022 external debt default

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Lisbon to protest labor reforms proposed by Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro's government

Milei's radical spending cuts have won favour with Donald Trump, but also attracted widespread criticism.

Several land defenders have been killed during nationwide strikes after the far-right government ended a vital fuel subsidy. Cameron Baillie reports.

Flights grounded, public transport disrupted as 80,000 people take to the streets of the Belgian capital.

17th IMF programme results in severe damaging austerity, as IMF continue to fail to address the root causes of the country’s cyclical debt problems.

This edition covers the Jubilee Year 2025 and calls at FfD4 to break the cycle of debt, IMF's Surveillance review, IDA21 package, Argentina, Sri Lanka and the IMF, and more.

TRIBUNE. A l’heure de la dérive des comptes publics et de l’explosion de l’extrême richesse, créer un impôt plancher sur les patrimoines des milliardaires devrait être une priorité, estiment des lauré...

Could this be the answer Rachel Reeves is looking for?