Stephen Ryan

Senior Producer, BBC World Service/Marketplace (in London)

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Jun 2, 2020
Leadership lessons from France’s yellow vest protests
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We explore the role of leadership in achieving lasting change. Yemen needs billions in a fundraising drive to stop the world’s biggest aid operation from going broke. Argentina faces another sovereign debt deadline.
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Jun 1, 2020
Very incomplete data on police use of force nationwide
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Fewer than half of law enforcement officers in the U.S. are participating in the FBI’s use-of-force database. How insurance companies can be a driver of better policing. Chinese officials accuse the Trump administration of hypocrisy when it comes to protests.
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Jun 1, 2020
The costs of policing, and of police brutality
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Amid protests across the country over the killing of George Floyd, a call to make payouts to victims of police misconduct much more transparent to the public. And, some company leaders are acknowledging the injustice driving protests.
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Jun 1, 2020
Brazil protests as health care turns political
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Hospitals in Brazil struggle to source supplies of personal protective equipment. Mexico’s economy could shrink 9% this year. As protests ripple across America, what’s the economic impact of social upheaval?
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May 29, 2020
Renewables edge out coal … for the first time in 135 years
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In 2019, Americans used more renewable energy than coal. The White House’s executive order on social media platforms. Tenants owe rent, and landlords owe mortgages. And, why leaders look to infrastructure spending in recessions.
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May 29, 2020
How capitalism needs to change, according to Ray Dalio
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The founder of the biggest hedge fund has plans to restructure capitalism to better serve more people. And, the White House is out with an executive order to try to remove some legal protections for social media companies.
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May 29, 2020
India’s migrant workers want to return home
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Unemployment in India has risen to 24% with migrant workers facing an uncertain future. Imaging the future of retail, restaurants in Lithuania use vacant seating to make a catwalk of a different kind for local clothing stores.
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May 28, 2020
Job losses hit households with children especially hard
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Some people are starting to get rehired as states reopen, but, overall, we’re not hiring enough to offset the extraordinary magnitude of job losses. The history of the U.S. unemployment benefits system. And, Disney World’s plan to reopen this summer.
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May 28, 2020
The argument for a federal jobs program
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Since the lockdowns began, more than 30 million Americans have gotten approval to receive unemployment benefits, but many more are still trying to get filed and approved. Plus, reimagining the economy after COVID-19 with a federal jobs program.
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May 28, 2020
No more free gas in Venezuela
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People in Venezuela will have to pay to refuel as vital oil supplies arrive from Iran. Hong Kong residents worry as China passes a controversial security law. Nissan will stop making cars in Barcelona.
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