Why the pundits are wrong about Hillary Clinton dominating the debate
Sep 29, 2016 03:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The vast majority of pundits declared Hillary Clinton the decisive winner of this weeks debate. This includes both conservative and liberal pundits. For instance, Douglas Schoen of Fox News wrote: She was ready for...
The U.S. economy is in desperate need of a strong dose of fiscal penicillin
Sep 29, 2016 03:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Despite six years of recovery from the Great Recession, Americas middle class still struggles financially amid sluggish economic growth and middling job creation. The Federal Reserves near-zero interest rates have...
Backpacker tax compromise means more discrimination for these workers
Sep 29, 2016 03:50 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Economy
The government has reached a compromise with the Nationals over the so called backpacker tax, a tax of 32.5% in every dollar earned by those holding a working holiday visa. This will now be reduced to 19% but in an effort...
Donald Trump's 'new civil rights agenda' talk is just unhelpful noise
Sep 29, 2016 03:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump recently: … called for a new civil rights agenda that includes the right to a safe community, the right to a great education and the right to a secure...
We need to change more than pay for executives to do better
Sep 29, 2016 02:50 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
The pay of executives of a company, whether in salary, bonuses or other types of remuneration, is usually justified as an incentive to improve the financial performance of a company. This has led to ever more complex...
Social Media Revolution Series
In Turkey's state of emergency, social media is more important than ever
Sep 28, 2016 17:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Turkey has become notorious for curtailing media freedom and jailing journalists. As well as persecuting journalists, the government often shuts down Facebook, Twitter or Youtube when street demonstrations and terrorist...
Can artificial grass and fake trees replace our need for ‘real’ nature?
Sep 28, 2016 16:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The benefits of spending time outdoors are well known. Whether travelling for an hour to reach open countryside or simply walking five minutes to a nearby urban park, being in and around nature makes us happier and...
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