All posts tagged "income"
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Citizens in six G7 nations losing faith in handling of pandemic, survey finds
A new survey has found that a majority of people across the G7 nations have lost confidence in their governments’ handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. But opinions vary widely between
- Posted June 10, 2020
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The productivity problem: causes, consequences and cures
Poor productivity hampers wage growth, stoking public dissatisfaction. As delegates heard at the 2019 Global Government Finance Summit, this is a decades-old problem with complex roots – and one demanding
- Posted September 26, 2019
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The roots of risk: how economic imbalances are poisoning politics
Gathering in Paris for the 2019 Global Government Finance Summit, finance department leaders from 10 countries debated the political risks threatening economic growth – and their roots in rising inequality,
- Posted September 12, 2019
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UK tax system needs urgent reform, think tank warns
The UK’s tax system will be unable to meet the dual challenges of a shrinking tax base and rising demand for public services unless it undergoes major structural reform, a
- Posted July 15, 2019
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Finland decides not to expand basic income trial
The Finnish government has decided not to extend a pilot programme that provides people with a basic income, and plans instead to explore alternative welfare schemes. The two-year programme, which
- Posted May 10, 2018