Angel investors, not entrepreneurs, need government support
Dec 16, 2018 13:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
What is the secret sauce in Silicon Valleys success? It doesnt hurt to have a high concentration of brilliant minds in one place, but perhaps the biggest factor is the high concentration of angel investors successful,...
Neoliberalism has led to a crisis in care – and we urgently need to solve it
Dec 16, 2018 13:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Politics
Infant mortality is on the rise in the UK, while life expectancy for both men and women has stalled and is even dropping in some areas. In 2017, the number of homeless families and individuals placed in temporary...
Ramaphosa is missing an economic policy. What needs to be in it
Dec 16, 2018 13:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Economy
As the entrails of the era under South Africas former president Jacob Zuma continue to be exposed each day before a commission set up to investigate corruption, so the country witnesses the consolidation of the political...
Prison is expensive – worth remembering when we oppose parole
Dec 16, 2018 13:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The parole board recently decided to grant the release of David McGreavy, who in 1973, aged 21, murdered and mutilated three children and impaled their bodies on railings at their home in which he was a lodger. He was...
Rewarding your loyalty with points
Dec 16, 2018 13:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
How many points have you collected so far this holiday shopping season? Like millions of consumers, you likely belong to at least one loyalty rewards program. These programs give you points, miles or some virtual...
Cheap oil is blocking progress on climate change
Dec 16, 2018 13:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The relationship between supply and demand, a fundamental economic concept, holds that when the price of something rises, people use less of it. Similarly, when prices fall, they use more. And it may seem logical that...
Why Brexit is causing turmoil for the pound and other markets
Dec 16, 2018 13:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Uncertainty over what is happening with Brexit caused the pound to take another significant dive on December 10. It was the day before MPs were due to vote on the proposed Brexit deal agreed between the UK and the EU. The...
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’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects