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Does Germany need a smooth Brexit just as much as the UK?
Society, Politics & Law

Does Germany need a smooth Brexit just as much as the UK?

...Business School of Cambridge University, I argued that the economic impact of Brexit (“hard” or “soft”) on the British economy is likely to be serious in the short run, but manageable if its government applies appropriate fiscal policies. The big loss from leaving, however, will be political and social. Namely, losing EU treaty protection of important...
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Catalonia: What happens now?
Society, Politics & Law

Catalonia: What happens now?

...business PDeCAT. It’s possible that its radical left bedfellows the ERC will emerge as the dominant pro-independence force in the December election. The pro-Spain camp The parties in favour of Catalonia remaining within Spain are confronting their own set of dilemmas. Rajoy’s Popular Party (PP) has always struggled in Catalonia, where moderate, centre-right voters...
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Northern Ireland’s dance to the music of time of Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Northern Ireland’s dance to the music of time of Brexit

...business) will be large, adding to the existing total expended on Brexit to date. The original estimate of the loss of national income to NI from Brexit was around 3% up to 2025-2030, but the subsequent UK government study suggested that the loss from the various post-Brexit trade deals could be between 2.5% for just remaining in SEM; 8% for a Free Trade Agreement; and,...
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Pluto comes into sharp focus – but it’s still not a planet
Science, Maths & Technology

Pluto comes into sharp focus – but it’s still not a planet

...busy place. NASA/Johns Hopkins University APL/SRI/Alex Parker A linguistic fudge Nevertheless, the IAU shied away from completely stripping the Pluto of its appellation of planet by inventing a new term, dwarf planet. This denotes an object orbiting the sun that has not cleared its orbit, but which has sufficient mass for its own gravity to have pulled it into a...
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What is the 2015 Autumn Statement all about?
Society, Politics & Law

What is the 2015 Autumn Statement all about?

...businesses to garner additional state support is one reason the welfare bill keeps rising. But tougher means-testing risks squeezing many households that don’t consider themselves affluent. And such tests are hard to devise without restoring poverty traps that deter additional paid work – a problem already threatening incentives under the new Universal Credit system...
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Has footballer price inflation run out of control in the Premier League?
Money & Business

Has footballer price inflation run out of control in the Premier League?

...we can expect it to get worse before it gets better. The hyper-competitive nature of the football business encourages profligacy and, for as long as clubs have the capacity to spend colossal sums, they will. The first £100m transfer by an English club should certainly not be far away. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Which Poverty and Place: Why how we label different areas matters
Languages

Which Poverty and Place: Why how we label different areas matters

...business into a location that has a reputation for being workshy. Ultimately, without challenging how we talk about places where social deprivation is high, we cannot fully address geographical inequality, and a place that has always been poor will remain poor. References Duffy et al. 2021. Unequal Britain: Attitudes to inequalities after Covid-19. London: The Policy...
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How can we design for resilience?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can we design for resilience?

...business supply chains, farming, disaster recovery and more. Our focus on resilience here, however, is as an emergent property of social-ecological systems. Carl Folke, co-founder of the Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC), describes resilience as: ... the capacity to persist in the face of change, to continue to develop with ever changing environments. Resilience thinking...
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