Cheap oil is blocking progress on climate change
Dec 16, 2018 13:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The relationship between supply and demand, a fundamental economic concept, holds that when the price of something rises, people use less of it. Similarly, when prices fall, they use more. And it may seem logical that...
Why Brexit is causing turmoil for the pound and other markets
Dec 16, 2018 13:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Uncertainty over what is happening with Brexit caused the pound to take another significant dive on December 10. It was the day before MPs were due to vote on the proposed Brexit deal agreed between the UK and the EU. The...
Why South African community's win against mining company matters
Dec 16, 2018 10:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
A South African High Court has passed an important judgment putting a stop to the pervasive practice by companies to mine ancestral lands in rural areas without the villagers consent. The case was brought by the...
How poor management of Nigerian forests led to exploitation by criminals
Dec 16, 2018 10:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Nigerias forests cover about 96,043 square km thats about 10% of the countrys landmass. But the presence of authorities in these sanctuaries is either non-existent or, at best, sporadic. This has led to forest areas being...
Italian Mafia activities are expanding abroad – and European police forces are still unprepared
Dec 16, 2018 10:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Members of the Italian mafia like to travel abroad not necessarily for pleasure, but to make money. And the harm they are doing to European economies is often underplayed, trivialised or ignored. Organised crime groups...
Our cities fall short on sustainability, but planning innovations offer local solutions
Dec 16, 2018 10:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Thirty years after the landmark Brundtland report, the debate on urban sustainability continues. Urban planners are still grappling with the challenges of making our cities sustainable. Urban sustainability is an...
Vital Signs: No, Joe, America should not be copying Australia's 'asset recycling' misdirection
Dec 15, 2018 17:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Anyone who has been to La Guardia airport in New York can attest the dire need in the United States for infrastructure spending. Its not just crumbling bridges, pot-holed roads and lousy airports that provide the...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects