How Europe's industrial cities bounced back from the brink of ruin
May 24, 2016 16:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
From Sheffield to Torino, Lille to Leipzig, Belfast to Bilbao, Europes industrial cities are no strangers to hard times. Faced with depleted resources, plummeting populations and urban degradation, these cities struggled...
Can you trust the EU referendum polls?
May 24, 2016 16:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In the lead up to the British general election in 2015, the polls were united in suggesting the result was too close to call and that a coalition government was by far the most likely outcome. With the 1992 polling...
Africa's rising middle class: time to sort out fact from fiction
May 24, 2016 16:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Since the turn of the century the middle classes of the global South have taken centre stage in economic policy circles. Animated by diversification of some countries economies, a handful of economists from international...
Customer power: are you the kind of energy user who makes a difference?
May 24, 2016 14:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In the story of how energy is made and used to keep a country functioning, you dont get a starring role. You are the passive receiver and consumer of electricity or gas in a tale dominated by governments, corporations and...
Austrian election: a country turns its back on a political cartel
May 24, 2016 14:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The second round of Austrias presidential election has finally produced a winner. The international media was captivated by this election thanks to the serious prospect of post-war Europes first far-right head of state:...
Islamic State strikes in Assad territory expose his and Russia's weaknesses
May 24, 2016 14:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Months after Russia spectacularly entered the Syrian conflict, Islamic State (IS) is still thumbing its nose at both Moscow and the Assad regime in murderous fashion. On May 23, the group detonated between seven and nine...
How to stop your phone from being hacked
May 24, 2016 14:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
If youve ever forgotten your phone or left it at home for the day, you will have realised just how much you use it. On average, we check our mobile phones about 110 times a day. Using them for just about everything, from...
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