Backwater blues: how populism reveals rural resentment in the US and Europe
Jan 07, 2017 06:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
How could Trump win? After the US election, media everywhere started churning out explanations to understand a victory they failed to see coming. A consensus appears to be that Trump won because his populist message...
The year coal collapsed: 2016 was a turning point for Britain's electricity
Jan 07, 2017 05:00 am UTC| Insights & Views
Socially and politically, 2016 was a momentous year for Britain. It was also a record breaking year for energy and the environment, but thankfully for all the right reasons. Britains electricity was the cleanest it had...
Yemen: a calamity at the end of the Arabian peninsula
Jan 07, 2017 04:00 am UTC| Insights & Views
At the tip of the Arabian peninsula, Yemens disastrous war has been raging for nearly two years. Somewhat overshadowed by the devastating crisis in Syria, it is nonetheless a major calamity: according to the UN, more than...
Trump's business conflicts show it's not always plain sailing for family firms
Jan 07, 2017 03:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Most family businesses dont have to work out how they will survive the boss taking over as president of the United States. Donald Trump has been forced to distance himself from the family firm since winning the US...
New globalism: a counterculture that could redraw the world map
Jan 07, 2017 01:58 am UTC| Insights & Views
For the past few decades, globalisation has been the status-quo. Advancements in communication and transport technology have made the world far smaller than it once was, and governments and businesses everywhere have long...
Nokia had the world's best smartphone – then came the 'inferior' iPhone
Jan 07, 2017 01:25 am UTC| Technology Insights & Views
Ten years ago, anyone who wanted the latest and best smartphone was excited about the Nokia N95. Launched at the Nokia Open Studio in September 2006, it was trumpeted as the all-in-one multimedia computer and went on to...
Jan 06, 2017 13:50 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The stats were bullish for crude and bearish for products across the board. US crude imports dropped by nearly 1 Mb/d, as fog on the US Gulf Coast restricted tanker arrivals; this drove the large and temporarily bullish...
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