Mar 28, 2017 11:35 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The supply estimates of now incorporated in our forecasts for the coming 18 months drive a further structural loosening in projected market balances. Consequently, we lower price forecasts for 2017 and 2018 to...
Why threats to get votes for health law are more workplace bullying than political tactics
Mar 28, 2017 11:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
In an effort to pass the health care law, Donald Trump placed intense political pressure on members of the House, even telling one key lawmaker Im going to come after you, according to reports. The president has also made...
How did celibacy become mandatory for priests?
Mar 28, 2017 11:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Priestly celibacy, or rather the lack of it, is in the news. There have been allegations of sex orgies, prostitution and pornography against Catholic clerics in Italy. On March 8, Pope Francis suggested, in an interview...
Study: 60 percent of rural millennials lack access to a political life
Mar 28, 2017 11:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Like older voters, young ones were divided by the 2016 presidential election. A recent study of millennial voters by Tufts University found that young people had starkly different opinions about politics and civic...
Distress, status wars and immoral behaviour: the psychological impacts of inequality
Mar 28, 2017 11:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
It is well known that economic inequality is rising. In most industrialised nations the distribution of wealth and income is becoming increasingly concentrated. In the United States, the top 10% of earners make more than...
Houses aren't more unaffordable for first home buyers, but they are riskier
Mar 28, 2017 11:16 am UTC| Real Estate Insights & Views
Climbing house prices seem to scare people but houses are relatively more affordable today than they were in 1990, its actually interest-rate risk thats the bigger problem for first home buyers. If you look at latest...
With wariness on both sides, the US strikes a more conciliatory note on China
Mar 28, 2017 11:13 am UTC| Insights & Views
A core question in Australian foreign policy circles is how the Trump administration will deal with an increasingly powerful China. The news that US President Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to a...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects