G20 finance chiefs meet as China seeks to make a show of its presidency
Feb 26, 2016 10:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The last time G20 finance ministers met in China back in 2005, the country was the worlds fifth-largest economy. As the next two-day meeting begins, with China as president, it lies in second spot, having overtaken several...
Maths and science are the keys to unlocking Africa's potential
Feb 26, 2016 05:21 am UTC| Insights & Views
Angelina Lutambi was born into a peasant family in Tanzanias Dodoma region, where HIV/AIDS has decimated much of the population. Her future could easily have been bleak but Angelina had a keen aptitude for maths. She...
When ‘innovation’ fails to fix our finances
Feb 26, 2016 05:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Digital Currency
One of the most unassailable buzzwords of our time is innovation. We are repeatedly told that our economies arent working properly simply because we arent getting enough innovation these days. However, what our singular...
Live and let die: did Michel Foucault predict Europe's refugee crisis?
Feb 26, 2016 05:11 am UTC| Insights & Views
In March 1976, philosopher Michel Foucault described the advent of a new logic of government, specific to Western liberal societies. He called it biopolitics. States were becoming obsessed with the health and wellbeing of...
Defence: more bucks for our bangs
Feb 26, 2016 05:10 am UTC| Insights & Views
To say the defence white paper was much anticipated would be an understatement. Was it worth the wait in the end? That rather depends on who you are and what your assessment of the risks Australia faces actually is. To...
Subprime gets bad rap in 'Big Short' but is key to easing affordability crisis
Feb 26, 2016 05:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Anyone whos dug into the 2008 financial crisis knows the role that bundling and selling subprime housing loans played in bringing the world to the brink of economic collapse out-of-control behaviors well-depicted in the...
Crisis or opportunity? How European countries use refugees for political gain
Feb 26, 2016 04:56 am UTC| Insights & Views
After no fewer than five emergency summits, a solution to Europes refugee crisis remains elusive. The list of failures is long and growing including the failure to deliver hotspots, reception centres meant to process...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects