Public housing needs radical reform: here's how
Dec 06, 2020 10:00 am UTC| Real Estate Economy
Britains housing system is well and truly broken. House-builders sit on land already granted planning permission and drip-feed the market to keep supply low and prices high. Despite the coronavirus crisis, house prices...
Eliminating most homelessness is achievable. It starts with prevention and 'housing first'
Dec 06, 2020 09:53 am UTC| Economy
The stereotype of a homeless person those living in tents or sleeping in parks or doorways is just the visible tip of the much larger crisis of homelessness in Australia. For every one of about 8,000 rough sleepers...
How a flu virus shut down the US economy in 1872 – by infecting horses
Dec 06, 2020 09:51 am UTC| Economy
In 1872 the U.S. economy was growing as the young nation industrialized and expanded westward. Then in the autumn, a sudden shock paralyzed social and economic life. It was an energy crisis of sorts, but not a shortage of...
Bitcoin's rebound: 3 reasons this time is (sort of) different
Dec 06, 2020 09:37 am UTC| Investing Economy Digital Currency
Bitcoin is back. Three years after the bubble that inflated its value from US$5,000 to US$20,000 in less than three months burst in spectacular fashion, plunging more than 80%, the cryptocurrency is again on the verge...
South Korea's exports up 4% in November
Dec 03, 2020 00:58 am UTC| Economy
South Korea posted exports worth $45.8 billion in November, increasing by 4 percent on-year while rebounding from a 3.8 percent drop last month. The countrys daily exports in November also rose 6.3 percent on-year,...
S. Korea's carmakers suffer 5% sales dip in November
Dec 02, 2020 22:12 pm UTC| Economy
South Korea five carmakers sold a combined 674,040 vehicles in November, down 5 percent from the 710,466 units a year as the coronavirus outbreak continued to sap global demand. A series of strikes added to the...
Zimbabwe's cannabis earnings forecast of $1.25 billion is 'ambitious': economist
Dec 01, 2020 23:49 pm UTC| Economy
Zimbabwes export earnings projection from cannabis to reach $1.25 billion in 2021, three times more than tobacco, was called ambitious by an independent economist based in Harare, John Robertson. The economist said...
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
The Mattei Plan: why Giorgia Meloni is looking to Africa
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