Young people's economic disadvantage is unlucky – not unjust
Mar 23, 2016 16:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Australias wealth is increasing but young Australians are not reaping the benefits. Older Australians are becoming richer while those in younger generations are going backward in real terms. According to a 2014 report...
Ethiopia's vulnerable tropical forests are key to securing future of wild coffee
Mar 23, 2016 16:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Coffee is the drink of choice for millions of us. But the worlds second-most traded commodity originates in Ethiopia and its home is under threat. Ethiopia isnt all dusty deserts far from it. The country also contains...
The proposed 'right to disconnect' after work hours is welcome, but not enough
Mar 23, 2016 16:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Life
Changes proposed to Frances famously inflexible employment laws by French president François Hollande have prompted an outcry among students and unionists and even the barricading of schools by pupils. But among the...
What Shakespeare, Jesus and Mickey Mouse have in common
Mar 23, 2016 16:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views
If youre not aware that on April 23 this year in just a few weeks time the world will be celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeares death, then I can only think you have no access to any media whatsoever, social...
Designers are seizing Wall Street – but can they improve your life?
Mar 23, 2016 16:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
From unreasonably cool open-plan offices in San Francisco and New York, they are orchestrating an international business revolution. Casually dressed and armed with MacBooks, a new generation of design executives have...
How local terrorist cells make a mockery of European security
Mar 23, 2016 16:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views
In the aftermath of the explosions at the airport and in the metro station in Brussels on the morning of March 22, 2016, the search for the bomb-making factory became increasingly urgent. Someone who knew what they were...
The blanket ban on drugs is needed, but it won't work – as I know from personal experience
Mar 23, 2016 16:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
In April, legal highs will join the list of illegal highs under the much criticised Psychoactive Substances Act 2016. This ban on legal highs, or novel psychoactive substances (NPS), is intended to cover a range of largely...
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