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US deaths of despair will drag long-term growth lower

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UNITED STATES

Economic toll of deaths of despair.

Deaths of despair could hinder the economic recovery

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INT

Social isolation and economic uncertainties arising from COVID-19 lockdowns could prompt many more deaths of despair

Rising US joblessness and social discord threaten GDP

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UNITED STATES

Rates of disability fell from 2010 to early 2020 and rates of drug overdoses began to stabilise as the persistently unemployed were drawn back into employment, particularly…

COVID-19 and protests will shake up US cities

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UNITED STATES

These factors are stoking the urban civil unrest that has flared across the country in the last fortnight. What had seemed a practical matter of managing COVID-19 and…

Under-employment to drive the West's wages and policy

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INTERNATIONAL

The impact of working less hours on policy.

Genetics contributes to rising regional inequalities

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INTERNATIONAL

'Left behind' economics

Pandemic deepens long-term risks to US women workers

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UNITED STATES

Women, especially those from minorities, are more likely to have dropped out of the labour force or moved to part-time or precarious employment. Jobs recovery has also been slower…

More concentration, less dynamism may dampen US growth

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UNITED STATES/EU

Impact of greater market concentration.

Place-based economic policies see political resistance

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INTERNATIONAL

Place-based policies.

Tunisia's Kasserine will be protest flashpoint

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TUNISIA

Profile of the Kasserine region.