How the federal government came to control your car's fuel economy
Aug 13, 2018 15:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The Environmental Protection Agency in August announced a plan to freeze fuel economy standards and revoke the ability of California to set more stringent rules than the national ones, prompting a legal showdown between...
Turkey's lira crisis: 'economic war' sees Erdoğan look east for new allies
Aug 13, 2018 14:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Global markets are on edge once again, this time thanks to the Turkish lira. It crashed more than 15% against the US dollar, euro and pound sterling on August 10 and continued to fall when markets reopened after the...
Is the economy getting stronger? The RBA says 'time will tell'
Aug 13, 2018 14:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks
Vital Signs is a regular economic wrap from UNSW economics professor Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data affecting global...
It was time to walk away from Ontario's flawed basic income project
Aug 13, 2018 14:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Social and anti-poverty activists have greeted the dumping of Ontarios basic income pilot project with the usual lamentations. These critics of the new Conservative government argue the funds allocated to the project is a...
People power is finally making the gig economy fairer
Aug 13, 2018 14:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
New York City legislated this week to require a minimum pay rate for rideshare drivers the result of a two-year campaign by the Independent Drivers Guild. This massive mobilisation of drivers in New York could...
Apple's $1 trillion value doesn't mean it's the 'biggest' company
Aug 13, 2018 13:44 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
On Aug. 2, Apple became the first U.S. public corporation to achieve a US$1 trillion valuation, making it the largest company in the world by one measure at least. A New York Times article proclaimed that this...
Aug 13, 2018 11:46 am UTC| Commentary Digital Currency Market Roundups Economy
BTC/USD: Bitcoin scaled higher during late European session Monday, although market experts believe that the bearish trend is not over yet. Last week, the United States SEC had announced the postponement of a Bitcoin...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
US election: why it’s not the protesters’ votes that the Democrats should worry about
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects