This year’s Nobel Prize for economics is unusually pertinent. It honors three scholars who, in different ways, have tried to ...

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EHRC urges government to ‘act at speed’ in its approval of an updated code of practice for services, public functions and ...

Since taking the helm a year ago, Christine Lagarde has turned the European Central Bank's attention to social issues like climate change and inequality, broadening its horizons but also opening it to ...

Using his thought experiment of adopting a “veil of ignorance”, John Rawls advocated for basic liberties and redistribution ...

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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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In his first book, “The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding,” journalist Osita Nwanevu ...

I saw a lot of socialist experiments in Latin America and the results weren't pretty. If Americans want to see how badly socialism works, they don't have to go far. Beginning with Cuba's Fidel Castro ...

British households put more away in savings in the second quarter, a sign of continued caution amid rising inflation and an uncertain economic outlook as consumers brace for further tax hikes in the ...