How COVID all but killed the Australian CBD
Oct 30, 2020 05:51 am UTC| Economy
The central business district has historically been the beating heart of metropolitan regions across Australia. The polished glass and steel high-rise offices, hotels and apartment complexes stand as monuments to...
Indonesia is set to become the hub for Chinese vaccines in Southeast Asia
Oct 30, 2020 05:42 am UTC| Economy
Getting a vaccine has become the ultimate escape route from the pandemic with more than a million lives lost and billions more at risk from coronavirus. Countries are willing to spend billions of dollars to obtain the...
Refugees don't undermine the US economy – they energize it
Oct 29, 2020 10:11 am UTC| Economy
The Trump administration last month announced plans to to cut the number of refugees allowed to enter the United States to the lowest level in 40 years. This years cap of 18,000 admissions is well below the average annual...
South Africa's economic reform ambitions fall short of what's required: a few pointers
Oct 29, 2020 10:04 am UTC| Economy
Over the past two decades various African National Congress (ANC) administrations in South Africa have sought to redistribute income to the poor and the vulnerable. They have also sought to stimulate rapid economic...
'Decarbonisation' may be the wrong goal for energy – here's why
Oct 29, 2020 10:03 am UTC| Economy
Electricity generated by nuclear power plants, wind turbines and solar panels results in negligible greenhouse gas emissions, even when their manufacture, construction and maintenance is taken into account. To the casual...
Will the population freeze allow our big cities to catch up on infrastructure?
Oct 29, 2020 10:01 am UTC| Economy
The 2020 federal budget forecasts Australias population growth will slow to almost zero over several years because of COVID-19 and related restrictions. This leads to the question: will this period allow the big cities to...
Capitalism and the coronavirus crisis: the coming transformation(s)
Oct 29, 2020 09:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The world economy is currently experiencing its severest contraction since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Unlike the Great Depression and the global financial crisis (GFC) of 2008-2009, this crisis cannot be directly...
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