Can Trump create millions of jobs? Don't bet on it
Oct 04, 2016 07:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Politics
Donald Trump claims he should be president in part because he has succeeded at creating jobs and businesses. While the foundation of his business empire was in New York real estate and construction thanks to a...
Colombia's peace plebiscite: the case for Yes and the case for No
Oct 03, 2016 08:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
On October 2, Colombians will go to the polls to answer a deceptively simple question with enormous implications for their country: Do you support the final agreement for the conclusion of the armed conflict and the...
US Election Series: CNN’s ratings tanked, shows this year different
Sep 30, 2016 12:41 pm UTC| Commentary Politics
Latest data shows that CNNs rating has tanked sharply in terms of viewership in the United States. And that should tell you something about this years race. The rating tanked after Trump criticized the bias reporting of...
Why do we need 'Pokie-Leaks'? We already know how pokies work
Sep 30, 2016 09:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
A trio of Australian politicians recently called for whistleblowers to reveal secrets about how the gambling industry operates. While it is up for debate as to whether there are questions to be answered about various...
How to vote for president when you don't like the candidates
Sep 30, 2016 08:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
How do voters select a candidate when no one they like is on the ballot? Behavioral scientists have studied decision-making including voting for decades. However, researchers usually give respondents at least one...
President Trump would cause financial Armageddon
Sep 30, 2016 07:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data impacting...
Neither Hillary, nor Donald, better None of the Above
Sep 29, 2016 14:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The final act of what has been a long and exhausting US presidential campaign officially began last Monday night, when Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump met at Hofstra University in New York for their first presidential...