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China’s 2,000-year-old painted ‘terracotta army’ dates back to the Han dynasty (202BC-AD220), the first studied in this analysis of historical growth and inequality. Eddie Gerald/Alamy Stock Photo

What 2,000 years of Chinese history reveals about today’s AI‑driven technology panic – and the future of inequality

China’s long-unified identity and language has enabled academics to track cycles of growth and inequality in thousand-year-old economic records. This is what they reveal.
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What’s an initial public offering?

Guzman y Gomez is listing on the Australian Stock Exchange. What exactly does this mean, and how might it help them sell more burritos?
The idea of “green growth” is appealing, but it is losing appeal among climate policy researchers. Shutterstock

Idea of green growth losing traction among climate policy researchers, survey of nearly 800 academics reveals

According to a survey of almost 800 climate researchers, 73% are sceptical of the idea of green growth. Instead, approaches such as agrowth and degrowth are gaining ground.
UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt outside 11 Downing Street in London before presenting the latest government budget to Parliament. Tolga Akmen/EPA-EFE

Spring budget 2023: experts react to UK government’s plan to get the economy moving

Childcare, pensions and support for energy bills are among the main budget plans for the UK government.

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