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Fatal stabbing of Gabonese student highlights 'daily' racism faced by Africans in Russia

François Ndzhelassili, a doctoral student from Gabon at the Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg, Russia, was killed on August 18 by a group of Russian men after they harassed him and called him racial slurs. The murder is just the latest case of discrimination and violence against Black people living…

France 24

Ashoka University row: As campus reopens, faculty tight-lipped, and a student body ‘in wait’

“It looks like everyone has forgotten professor Sabyasachi Das,” commented a fourth-year student from the economics department on festivities marking a new session at the Ashoka University in Sonipat, close on the heels of a controversy.

Newslaundry

More small airports are being cut off from the air travel network. This is why

The pilot shortage and changing economics are to blame for legacy airlines departing regional airports

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Bank of England must ‘see job through’ on cost of living; eurozone inflation higher than expected – as it happened

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as easing of chip shortage boosts British car manufacturing by a third

The Guardian - UK

In ditching a wealth tax, Labour is rejecting growth and embracing bad economics

Rachel Reeves has tied her party’s hands and placed it on the wrong side of the argument, says Josh Ryan-Collins, an associate professor at UCL

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak says airlines must help stranded passengers after ‘dodgy flight plan’ caused meltdown – as it happened

Rolling live news coverage of business, economics and financial markets as disruption to UK air travel continues into third day

The Guardian - UK

Deloitte joins RBA in tipping 4.5% Australian jobless rate thanks to slow consumer spending

Slowdown in consumer is finally flowing through to Australia’s jobs market, according to the latest forecasts from Deloitte Access Economics

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UK government delays post-Brexit border checks for fifth time – as it happened

Rolling, live coverage of business, economics and financial markets as border checks to be introduced from January 2024

The Guardian - UK

Row at India’s premier private university sparks debate on academic freedom

Ashoka University is accused of stifling academic freedom after it distances itself from a research paper on 2019 polls.

Al Jazeera

Financial education has its limits – if we want New Zealanders to be better with money, we need to start at home

Even as an economics student at university, I remember heading into town on a Friday night knowing what I needed to pay the bills before I could spend on socialising. But despite having the financial literacy to know better, Monday could still sometimes begin with a trip to the bank…

The Conversation

Gabon's Bongo aims for third term in office as voters head to polls

Voters in Gabon were called to the polls on Saturday for a triple election in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, scion of a family that has ruled for 55 years, is seeking victory over a united opposition that is fielding candidate Albert Ondo Ossa, a former minister and economics professor.

France 24

UK retail sales weaken in ‘summer to forget’; stock markets rise as Nvidia surges – as it happened

Rolling live coverage of business, economics and financial markets as hopes for end of the rate hike cycle also boost shares

The Guardian - UK

Jonathan Perraton obituary

Other lives: Economist who nurtured a generation of students at Sheffield University

The Guardian - UK

The experience-hungry American consumer is already crashing the economy into a 'rolling recession,' Oxford Economics says

“Instead of a typical recession, it's possible the economy will fall into – or in fact is already in – a 'rolling' recession,” Oren Klachkin, lead U.S. economist at Oxford Economics, wrote Tuesday.

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How America’s hotbed of progressive economics borrowed from Milton Friedman to pressure the ultrawealthy on climate change

U. Mass–Amherst's Jared Starr says shareholder supremacy can tackle the climate emergency: "How do we provide the right incentive for people on corporate boards and the executive C-suite?"

Dynamite News

Study finds walkable communities are healthier for both mother, baby

A study found that pregnant women who live in walkable neighbourhoods with more sidewalks, parks and walking routes are more likely to engage in physical exercise and have safe pregnancies. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Week

How English women’s football could become a billion pound industry

Christina Philippou, principal lecturer of economics at the University of Portsmouth explains where the money could come from to change the women’s game forever.

The Guardian - UK

Diane Arbus on tour, recasting a Jewish myth, and capital works – the week in art

The great American photographer goes on show in Shetland, Sebastian Thomas remakes the Golem and economics gets a blockbuster – all in your weekly dispatch

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The Independent UK

A-level trends: What this year’s results tell us

Computing and economics flourish while languages fall further out of fashion.

Newslaundry

Shrinking academic freedom, faculty’s existential crisis: Ashoka University struggles for its ‘liberal ethos’

A demolition drive is going on in Sonipat. The red bricked walls of Ashoka University— which prides itself as India’s premier liberal arts institution— are being foregone for a metaphorical saffron.

The Independent UK

US student stranded at Somerset school credits lockdowns for exam success

Finn Bennett, 18, from Maine, achieved A, A and B in government and politics, business and economics A-levels.

The Independent UK

Economics and computing A-levels show jump in popularity

For the first time, economics was one of the 10 most popular exams this year.

The Independent UK

Key statistics in this year’s A-level results

Maths remains the most popular subject, but economics has entered the top 10 for the first time.

The Times of India

Argentina presidential frontrunner calls China an ‘assassin’

Argentina’s presidential frontrunner Javier Milei would freeze relations with China and pull South America’s second-biggest economy out of the Mercosur trade bloc with Brazil, foreign policy proposals that are as radical as his economics.

The National (Scotland)

Line-up revealed for Scotonomics' 2024 Festival of Economics

THE line up for Scotland’s leading festival of economics has been announced – including top academics and international politicians.

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