How speeding up payments to small businesses creates jobs
Jan 09, 2017 06:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Business
Operating a small business, the backbone of the U.S. economy, has always been tough. But theyve also been disproportionately hurt by the Great Recession, losing 40 percent more jobs than the rest of the private sector...
Inside the coal industry's rhetorical playbook
Jan 09, 2017 05:40 am UTC| Insights & Views
If citizens have heard anything about the upheaval in the U.S. coal industry, it is probably the insistence that President Obama and the EPA have waged a war on coal. This phrase is written into President-elect Donald...
Why Zimbabwe's use of elephants to pay off old debt to China is problematic
Jan 09, 2017 05:07 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
A bizarre story has recently come out of Zimbabwe. Grace Mugabe, the politically powerful wife of the ageing president Robert Mugabe, has came up with a plan to settle a debt to China with 35 young elephants, eight lions,...
Schools shouldn't be left alone to deal with child health and well-being any longer
Jan 09, 2017 05:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The health and well-being of children is key to helping them succeed in the future. Yes, education and social abilities are important to achievements and employment opportunities, but if health is not taken care of from...
Five political leaders to watch in 2017
Jan 08, 2017 23:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The world is in fluid political times, and the opportunity for emerging figures to make their mark is considerable. Here are five political leaders from around the world who are emerging as significant talents and...
Why and how do we measure what consumers feel?
Jan 08, 2017 23:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
How we track our economy influences everything from government spending and taxes to home lending and business investment. In our series The Way We Measure, were taking a close look at economic indicators to better...
Africa is poised for sustainable growth and development. But there are risks
Jan 08, 2017 23:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views
As we know, growth accelerations are pretty commonplace among developing countries. Economist Ricardo Haussman and his colleagues identified 83 growth accelerations of eight consecutive years at 2% higher than 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’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects