Category: The Conversation

Most people hadn’t used the word ‘pandemic’ before. Now it’s time to understand the term ‘endemic’ and find out what to expect when Covid changes shape

Tipping the scales away from work may not be the wisest way to recalibrate your work-life balance

Corruption and fraud make a few rich households richer. But the already poor and low-skilled lose their jobs and become poorer

How many other world leaders can claim to have become a verb?

  Across the world, people have become less likely to take part in elections in recent decades The high levels of participation in the 2020 US election remind

Recent developments in the organisation of production have led to the decline of wage employment across much of the world.

By Christina Philippou

  Ageing and other health conditions can both complicate matters when it comes to managing this condition.

A transnational movement for racial justice requires a sensitivity to the specific, local conditions in which race and racism touch the everyday lives of people.

Countries yet to experience major outbreaks will probably see big rises in cases, even if their vaccine programmes are successful

The extent of democracy capture varies markedly between countries. It’s much higher in states such as Zimbabwe, where the government has never changed hands

Governments are launching booster programmes over fears about waning immunity levels, but vaccines are still highly effective at what matters most – preventing severe disease.

  It was the day the US realised it was fighting a different kind of war.

  China used to only make Soviet cars under licence. Now it’s taking on Tesla

The Ronaldo effect: what big players mean for the business goals of clubs like Manchester United Ronaldo in 2008. Glory days again? EPA-EFE