US Election Series

The effect racist rhetoric has on young Latinos, and why all Americans should care

Apr 27, 2016 09:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Luis is an upper-middle-class American-born Latino. When I interviewed him in 2008, he told me he had spent long hours, and a substantial amount of money, restoring a classic Chevy truck. One day, clad in grease-stained...

Oil in Global Economy Series

How Gulf states are coping with the new normal of low oil prices

Apr 27, 2016 08:23 am UTC| Insights & Views

The falling price of oil is beginning to have a real impact on the energy-fuelled economies of the Gulf. In 2014, after almost a decade of record highs, the price of a barrel of Brent crude began to collapse from a peak of...

Briferendum Series

Theresa May's call for UK to exit European Convention on Human Rights will delight human rights abusers

Apr 27, 2016 08:14 am UTC| Insights & Views

Theresa May has surprised nobody by calling for the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The Home Secretary isnt fond of the convention or the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights. Her...

Fed Hike Aftermath Series

What could cause Fed to be more dovish again?

Apr 27, 2016 08:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Commentary Central Banks

Preparation is everything. That also applies for the Feds normalisation course, but no change is expected from the Fed this week. The Fed will need to start prepping the market more actively if a hike in June is a viable...

Steel is just another tipping point for Britain's unbalanced economy

Apr 27, 2016 02:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

The British government might be taking the first steps towards what many considered unthinkable, the part-nationalisation of a manufacturing industry in the interests of the nation; specifically, Tatas UK steel...

Why Britain's class system will have to change

Apr 27, 2016 02:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

Britain is still a society deeply divided by class. The same schools, established church and universities dominate public life, but under the façade of immobility, changes are afoot. Social class is clearly no...

How and why China became Africa's biggest aid donor

Apr 27, 2016 01:56 am UTC| Insights & Views

The foreign aid arena in Africa has traditionally been dominated by the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. However, over the last three decades non-traditional donors such as China,...