Four Steps to Rein in Big Tech
Despite growing concern about the power of Big Tech, regulators have struggled to hold these companies and their executives to account. Here’s why.
Two-way street from Lobbyville: The Institute of International Finance in financial regulatory processes
The influence of private lobbies in policymaking is dependent on the two-directional interaction between policymakers and lobbyists.
Challenging binaries: Why we need new ways to talk about people who move for work
In part 2 of this two-part blog, we consider divides constructed between the permanent/temporary and the skilled/unskilled in relation to worker rights.
Challenging binaries: Why we need new ways to talk about people who move for work
In Part 1 of our blog series, we show how the legal characterisation of people who move across borders for work has implications for their labour rights.
Tackling sustainability challenges in supply chains: the potential for business case sustainability initiatives
Manufacturing is rife with sustainability challenges ranging from environmental issues, such as pollution, to social issues, such as poor working […]
Households’ financial capability: debt and resilience amidst the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic burst in the midst of an already agitated geopolitical scenery punctuated by the fallout of Brexit and turbulent trade wars
The limits of efficiency: can capitalism be more resilient in the face of crisis?
COVID-19 has demonstrated how we need to rethink the trade-offs between efficiency and resilience if we are to meet the greater challenge of climate change.
The political economy of external debt within low-income countries in an age of asset management
Developing countries are now connected to global market-based finance with implications for external debt sustainability and the financing of development.
The bootstrapping race: development by commercialisation
The commercialisation of Kenya’s water sector creates feedback loops that need careful regulation to live up to the commitment of water as a human right.
A UK-US free trade agreement? Don’t count your (chlorinated) chickens just yet
Like the supervillains from classic horror films of the 1980s, the story of chlorinated chicken just won’t die. The latest […]