A wave of job cuts primarily hitting young people has seen unemployment levels increase to a record 4.8% in the UK. Through the pandemic, the British government has tried to establish support for jobs by creating – and recently extending – a job-retention scheme. It...
Post-industrial towns and cities in Britain are facing a silent technological revolution. This revolution is changing every aspect of modern British daily life and is evident in areas such as work, shopping, banking, food consumption and even taxi services, which can...
Zygmunt Bauman used liquidity as a metaphorical frame to provide a thorough analysis of the predicaments of modernity in the current human condition underscored by globalisation and hyper consumerism. One of the key features of liquidity in is the intensified elements...
The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare economic weakness around the world. Current practices, led by the airline industry and manufacturing companies, include measures such as downsizing the workforce, halting shareholder dividends and cutting research and development...
Libra – a new digital currency created by Facebook – has garnered significant political and media attention in the last few months. In June 2019, Facebook announced a blockchain-backed, ‘low-volatile’ global currency by a foundation called Calibra which aims to direct...
