Economics

Stories on the intersection of mental health and economics.

Tanmoy Goswami
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What omelette making can teach you about workplace mental health

Don't move fast and break things.

Tanmoy Goswami
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Hope lives despite the absurdity of mental health budgets

The magic of mental health is that everything impacts it, and it impacts everything. So change can come from anywhere.

Tanmoy Goswami
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Long Covid is making people want to kill themselves

We need to stop pretending this is not happening.

Tanmoy Goswami
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This year, don't 'invest' in mental health

The language of ‘investment’ is taking the mental health conversation backwards.

Tanmoy Goswami
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The fascinating, untold story of #MentalHealth Twitter

What can Twitter's new CEO do to take forward one of the platform's most compelling but unsung legacies?

Angi Yoder-Maina
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Trauma is a planetary emergency, not a personal problem

A community battered by trauma is like a cracked cup. Whatever resources you pour into will leak out.

Tanmoy Goswami
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Monster

A World Cup winning coach tells me why sport's most sacred trait - mental toughness - is also its most dangerous.

Tanmoy Goswami
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No, therapy apps won't kill Freud

Freudian psychoanalysis and cognitive behavioural therapy have been at war over the soul of therapy. Can the rise of technology deliver a winner?

Tanmoy Goswami
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Inside Zoom's big bet on mental health

Drowning in 'Zoom fatigue'? The most iconic company of the work from home age is quietly crafting a different legacy.

Tanmoy Goswami
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Explained: Global mental health's catastrophic cash problem

The theme for this year's World Mental Health Day is inequality. Look no further than the flow of money into the sector.

Tanmoy Goswami
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How to tell if your workplace mental health scheme is a greenwashing scam

The environment sector has a handy rule book to identify bullshit claims. It's time to use it to test workplaces too.

Tanmoy Goswami
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The miracle that stops people from killing themselves

New research from Brazil shows the life-saving power of direct cash transfers.