https://www.themintmagazine.com Published by Promoting Economic Pluralism Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:44:13 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.themintmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-The-Mint-Coin-32x32.jpg https://www.themintmagazine.com 32 32 https://www.themintmagazine.com/kenyas-solution-to-teacher-shortage-embrace-ai/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/kenyas-solution-to-teacher-shortage-embrace-ai/#respond Sun, 11 May 2025 08:44:48 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=128726

Kenya faces a severe teacher shortage due to large class sizes and burnout. To manage their workloads, some teachers are using ChatGPT and other AI chatbots. AI edtech startups have … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/kenyas-solution-to-teacher-shortage-embrace-ai/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/a-shady-business-operated-out-of-a-british-mansion-is-buying-up-scientific-journals-to-earn-millions-by-publishing-mediocre-studies/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/a-shady-business-operated-out-of-a-british-mansion-is-buying-up-scientific-journals-to-earn-millions-by-publishing-mediocre-studies/#respond Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:08:37 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=123721

A shady business network apparently run by Pakistani and Indonesian citizens from a mansion on the outskirts of Birmingham, United Kingdom, has launched an attack on the Spanish scientific journal … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/a-shady-business-operated-out-of-a-british-mansion-is-buying-up-scientific-journals-to-earn-millions-by-publishing-mediocre-studies/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/why-is-the-science-museum-laundering-a-coal-giants-reputation/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/why-is-the-science-museum-laundering-a-coal-giants-reputation/#respond Fri, 10 Jan 2025 22:15:31 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=119080

“Misleading and untrue claims have been made by some protesters about the Science Museum and the sponsor of Energy Revolution: The Adani Green Energy Gallery,” the museum wrote in an … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/why-is-the-science-museum-laundering-a-coal-giants-reputation/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/english-tuition-fees-rise-but-its-nowhere-near-enough-income-to-solve-universities-financial-crisis/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/english-tuition-fees-rise-but-its-nowhere-near-enough-income-to-solve-universities-financial-crisis/#respond Sat, 09 Nov 2024 00:25:29 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=105584

UK education secretary Bridget Phillipson has announced that university tuition fees in England are set to rise next academic year, with the maximum fee increasing by £285 to £9,535. This will be the … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/english-tuition-fees-rise-but-its-nowhere-near-enough-income-to-solve-universities-financial-crisis/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/education-education-and-education/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/education-education-and-education/#respond Fri, 29 Mar 2024 15:03:27 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=61825

James Robson holds up a trio of pledges that a Labour government might consider in any bid to align education with the skills needed for UK prosperity. Sooner or later … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/education-education-and-education/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/down-to-business/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/down-to-business/#respond Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:07:00 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=60997

Martin Parker asks whether business schools might be able to help address carbon capitalism, rather than simply teaching it. On Wednesday 3 June 1970, the Board of Social Studies at … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/down-to-business/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/the-circular-root/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/the-circular-root/#comments Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:39:43 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=48939

Emma Fromberg experiments with new metaphors to illustrate the changes needed to cultivate a circular economy. It is undeniable that much of the sustainability buzz is generated by businesses putting … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/the-circular-root/feed/ 2 https://www.themintmagazine.com/petrol-on-the-flames-violence-poverty-and-neoliberalism-in-ecuador/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/petrol-on-the-flames-violence-poverty-and-neoliberalism-in-ecuador/#respond Sun, 01 Oct 2023 22:53:25 +0000 https://themint.kinsta.cloud/?p=34677

Ecuador has descended into a state of pervading violence and fear and the electorate wants retribution. Maria Gabriela Palacio explains neoliberal economics’ part in this cycle. On 14th August 2023, … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/petrol-on-the-flames-violence-poverty-and-neoliberalism-in-ecuador/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/a-womans-place-in-india/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/a-womans-place-in-india/#respond Sun, 01 Oct 2023 22:34:09 +0000 https://themint.kinsta.cloud/?p=34670

Mehak Majeed tells of the race against expectations that female Indian academics must run. As an economist at a Kashmir-based university in India, I have experienced first hand the cost … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/a-womans-place-in-india/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/a-brilliant-assault/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/a-brilliant-assault/#respond Mon, 26 Jun 2023 15:01:26 +0000 https://themint.kinsta.cloud/?p=32868

Foundations of Real-World Economics: What Every Economics Student Needs to Know (Routledge, 3rd edition, 2023), by John Komlos. Review by Guy Dauncey One of the world’s hidden tragedies, happening every … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/a-brilliant-assault/feed/ 0