Gaza war: Israelis feel angry at their government and abandoned by the international community
Dec 11, 2023 08:25 am UTC| Economy
The attacks of October 7 continue until all the hostages return home. So said an Israeli citizen called Guy Lenman speaking to me in Tel Aviv last week. His father-in-law Dror Kaplan is held hostage in Gaza. Lenman...
Belt and Road Initiative's new approach and what it means for Chinese investments in Indonesia
Dec 11, 2023 06:55 am UTC| Economy
A shift in Chinas international Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from focusing on massive projects such as roads, railways and ports to small but beautiful ones has been announced by President Xi Jinping. Launched in...
Dec 11, 2023 06:55 am UTC| Economy
New research on garbage dumps in 44 sub-Saharan African countries shows that 95% are unregulated. The landfill sites still take in new garbage even when they are filled to capacity. As the waste decomposes, these sites...
Uganda will soon be exporting oil: an energy economist outlines 3 keys to success
Dec 11, 2023 06:53 am UTC| Economy
Uganda entered into agreements in 2012 with two foreign oil entities to exploit its oil resources. Total Energies holds 56.67% of the joint venture partnership and China National Oil Offshore Company (CNOOC) has 28.33%....
Dec 11, 2023 06:39 am UTC| Economy
One of the chief purposes of government payments and taxes is to redistribute income, which is why tax rates are higher on taxpayers with higher incomes and payments tend to get directed to people on lower...
Return of the ‘consultocracy’ – how cutting public service jobs to save costs usually backfires
Dec 11, 2023 06:38 am UTC| Economy
It has been clear that change is coming to the New Zealand public service since the election campaign. Just what impact that change will have is less easy to predict now the new government is installed. As part of its...
The 7 charts that show Australians struggling as saving falls to near zero
Dec 07, 2023 08:05 am UTC| Economy
The national accounts released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show economic growth slid to a measly 0.2% in the last quarter. Thats well down from a low 0.4% in the June quarter. Of course, economic...
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