EU citizens' rights and Brexit negotiations: both sides could be violating human rights law
Nov 08, 2017 15:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Around 5m European citizens affected by the outcome of the UK referendum (EU citizens in the UK, and British citizens in the EU) have been living in a state of uncertainty for more than 500 days. Months on from the EU...
Three strategies to fight the tax avoidance revealed by the Paradise Papers
Nov 08, 2017 15:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The release of more than 13 million financial and tax documents known as the Paradise Papers show that the Panama Papers last year and LuxLeaks in 2014 were just the tip of the tax avoidance iceberg. It also shows that the...
You may be sick of worrying about online privacy, but 'surveillance apathy' is also a problem
Nov 08, 2017 15:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
We all seem worried about privacy. Though its not only privacy itself we should be concerned about: its also our attitudes towards privacy that are important. When we stop caring about our digital privacy, we witness...
It's time for a royal commission into banking regulation
Nov 08, 2017 15:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The handling of recent financial scandals show that regulators are confused about what they do, or should do. And as a result the regulation of the financial system, which is vital to a strong functioning economy, is just...
Gun violence in the US kills more black people and urban dwellers
Nov 08, 2017 15:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life Law
On Nov. 5, just 35 days after the deadly Las Vegas shooting, a man walked into a church in a small Texas town and murdered 26 people with an assault rifle. The coverage dominated the news. But the day before, even more...
Forcing the banks to hand over our credit history might help with a home loan but it has risks
Nov 03, 2017 08:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Law
The federal government will be forcing banks to hand over half their credit data ready for reporting by mid-2018 (with the remainder available in 2019). It seems rather quaint in the age of big data that the big four...
India outlawed commercial surrogacy – clinics are finding loopholes
Oct 24, 2017 12:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Would you pay someone US$150,000 to have your baby? The high cost of surrogacy in the U.S. has pushed many potential parents to seek cheaper options elsewhere. Countries like India and Thailand have attracted surrogacy...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight