What if the Reserve Bank itself has been feeding inflation? An economist explains
Apr 23, 2024 07:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Heres something for the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia to ponder as it meets next month to set interest rates. It has pushed up rates on 13 occasions since it began its attempt to restrain inflation in May...
Passover: The festival of freedom and the ambivalence of exile
Apr 23, 2024 07:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The Jewish holiday cycle is, to a large extent, an exploration and commemoration of the experience of exile. The fall festival of Sukkot, for example, is celebrated in small booths, temporary shelters that recall the...
Apr 23, 2024 07:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Though Hollywood movies about courtroom dramas often glamorize the closing arguments given by lawyers, in reality the opening statement is likely the most important single event of a trial. Such was the case in the hush...
Apr 22, 2024 03:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
As they kick off their careers, young people often have to navigate a maze of short-term and casual jobs. In Australia, many of them also wish to work more hours than their current jobs allow, leading to a situation...
Earth Day 2024: 4 effective strategies to reduce household food waste
Apr 22, 2024 03:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The global food system produces enough food for everyone, yet, in 2023, 333 million people worldwide were food insecure and 783 million were chronically hungry. An estimated 1.3 billion tons of food 14 per cent of all...
China’s new world order: looking for clues from Xi’s recent meetings with foreign leaders
Apr 22, 2024 03:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
There is broad consensus that Chinese foreign policy has become more assertive and more centralised in the decade since Xi Jinping has ascended to the top of Chinas leadership. This has also meant that Chinese foreign...
South Korean President Yoon faces foreign policy challenges after the National Assembly election
Apr 22, 2024 03:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
South Koreas parliamentary election of April 10, 2024, was widely seen as a referendum on President Yoon Suk Yeols first two years in office. That being the case, the nation collectively expressed its strong...
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