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...courses on applying systems theory to management and complex problem solving. He also played a major role at the OU in developing teaching materials to enable home-based students to use computers. Since 2001, Jake has had an illustrious career involving various appointments including Expert Advisor (Energy Review) for the Economic Development Committee at the national...

...open discussions about demographic change There are many reasons why the distribution of people in the UK is always changing. One is migration. This has implications. In areas where there are more working-aged people, there may be more people available to work but also more demand for jobs. In areas where there are more elderly people, there may be a need for more social...

...open economy like the UK, higher inflation can push down the exchange rate, making foreign debts much harder to repay. But inflation hasn’t taken off, despite unprecedented amounts of money-printing by central banks since the financial crisis. So Modern Money Theory (MMT), which claims that governments (and their social-security and pension funds) can never run out of...

...Open University. References [i] The 2018 information on child life sentence is derived from conversations with Children Rights International Network (CRIN) and an answer to a question asked by a TD in the Irish Dail. Thanks to James Mehigan for sharing this. The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessary reflect those of The Open...