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...public and private, were at the forefront in the fight against COVID-19 following the outbreak across Scotland in early 2020. Jacky Yuill was part of that fight and shares her story...Find out more about The Open University's Social Sciences courses Background[GMB scotland banner stating fair pay for covid heroes]Working in already incredibly difficult circumstances, the...

...health care and job prospects. Such changes lead to feelings of insecurity and fear about the future. Meanwhile, the rich are seen to become richer with the poorest struggling to make ends meet. Successive US governments have failed to address this. Instead of investing in industry, education, health care and addressing the issues in deprived communities, campaigning...

...public consumption. Take, for instance, the popularity of increasingly elaborate pictures of execution. Some very crude depictions of hanging appeared on flimsy sheets sold at foot of the scaffold in the 18th century. But in the early decades of the 19th century, improvements in printing and changes to the penal code increased the public’s desire for such “artwork”....

...public also got involved, and this caused a media frenzy. How was the dot.com market valued? The dot.com's equity was valued on visits and clicks. There was nothing to research, traditional valuing techniques went out the window. The dot.com crash Once the dot.com market started to crack, investors soon realised that these internet companies weren't really worth anything...