Fake news, echo chambers and filter bubbles: Underresearched and overhyped
May 06, 2017 02:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
In the early years of the internet, it was revolutionary to have a world of information just a click away from anyone, anywhere, anytime. Many hoped this inherently democratic technology could lead to better-informed...
The French people don't know the dangers of autocratic populism: a view from Pakistan
May 05, 2017 14:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Following in the footsteps of the United States, the French are looking to terrible simplifications to solve their problems as they head to the second round of their presidential election on May 7. Polls predict that...
Every election, politicians ignore England – here's why
May 05, 2017 14:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In UK general elections, England matters. It accounts for 82% or 533 out of 650 constituencies in the national parliament. At the 2015 general election, 318 (or 96%) of the Conservatives 330 seats were won in England, as...
Living in a poor area increases the risk of anxiety in women, but not men
May 05, 2017 14:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Women living in the most deprived areas are over 60% more likely to have anxiety as women living in richer areas. However, whether men live in poorer or richer areas seems to make very little difference to their anxiety...
For cities, hosting major sporting events is a double-edged sword
May 05, 2017 14:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports
Just as the publicity machine is cranking up for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, new Australia-based bids have already been signalled to host the same event in the future. Shepparton is leading a bid by...
World Trade Organisation gives Australia's plain tobacco packs the (draft) thumbs up
May 05, 2017 14:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has reportedly backed Australias laws on plain tobacco packaging implemented from December 2012. The apparent decision marks the end of the last of three cases brought against...
FxWirePro: Sterling OTC FX tepid, out of the limelight but not out of the woods
May 05, 2017 12:52 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Please be advised that the 25-delta risk of reversal of GBPUSD has not been indicating any dramatic shoot up nor any slumps but bearish-neutral (no fresh change in risk reversals has been observed), but seems to be one of...
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’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects