Emissions impossible? How the transport sector can help make the 2050 net-zero goal a reality
Mar 18, 2024 08:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Meeting Canadas ambitious net-zero emissions target by 2050 necessitates significant technological, behavioural and systemic changes in the transportation sector, a major contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG)...
Why is toddler milk so popular? Follow the money
Mar 18, 2024 08:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Business Economy
Toddler milk is popular and becoming more so. Just over a third of Australian toddlers drink it. Parents spend hundreds of millions of dollars on it globally. Around the world, toddler milk makes up nearly half of total...
Narendra Modi’s economy isn’t booming for India’s unemployed youth
Mar 18, 2024 08:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
India will soon hold the biggest election ever conducted, starting on April 19 and running through early June. Almost 950 million registered voters will be able to cast ballots to elect the 543 members of the Lok Sabha,...
Mar 14, 2024 08:34 am UTC| Investing Economy
Global stock prices dropped across the board late last year, by between 10% and 15% in a matter of weeks. Fears of a recession took hold after a series of interest rate increases, stubborn inflation and geopolitical...
Mar 07, 2024 09:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The spring budget of 2024 was widely seen as a chance for UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to inject some economic optimism into British politics ahead of a general election. Would he or wouldnt he cut income tax? (He wouldnt.)...
Mar 07, 2024 09:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Andrew Leighs The Shortest History of Economics is the latest in a series of such histories, mostly focused on particular countries. It begins with a striking mini-history of household lighting, focusing on the amount...
Taxes aren’t just about money – they shape how we think about each other
Mar 07, 2024 07:40 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Taxes raising them, cutting them, creating them are useful political tools in an election year (as Chancellor Jeremy Hunts decision to cut national insurance shows). But they are always pertinent, even if some people...
The Alberta government is interfering in public sector bargaining on an unprecedented scale
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Canada needs a national strategy for homeless refugee claimants