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The floods, droughts, heatwaves, and fires that are devastating many parts of the world underscore two fundamental facts. First, damage to freshwater supplies is increasingly straining human societies, especially the poor, with far-reaching implications for economic, social, and political stability. Second, the combined impact of today's extreme conditions is unprecedented…

Trickle-down economics: The cry of “you can’t tax your way to prosperity” is joined by “you can’t tax cut your way to prosperity either”.

The Labour leader arrived in Liverpool on Saturday ahead of his party’s annual gathering.

Mr Kwarteng was accused of betting on trickle-down economics

Labour accused PM Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng of dabbling in 'casino economics'

Labour leader attacks ‘casino economics’ in wake of £45bn package of tax cuts announced by chancellor

It's the economics of energy production that make petrostates more trigger-happy, Emma Ashford argues in Oil, the State, and War.

The deputy leader on Liz Truss’s ‘fanciful’ economics and why people are starting to listen to Labour again

Nigeria’s oil output was at the lowest since 1990 as its crude oil production fell below 1 million barrels per day (bpd) in August 2022. And data from the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in early September showed that Angola and Libya have overtaken Nigeria as Africa’s highest crude…