Don't fear a 'robot apocalypse' – tomorrow's digital jobs will be more satisfying and higher-paid

Mar 01, 2020 12:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

If youre concerned that automation and artificial intelligence are going to disrupt the economy over the next decade, join the club. But while policymakers and academics agree therell be significant disruption, they differ...

Sustainable start-ups should consider corporate venture capital first

Mar 01, 2020 12:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Urgent issues like the climate crisis, environmental degradation threatening millions of species, social inequality and other challenges mean that the global economy needs to immediately transform itself to become...

One million Britons will be on zero-hour contracts by end of 2020

Mar 01, 2020 12:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

A first glance at the latest commentary from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on the UK labour market in the last quarter of 2019, and everything looks rosy: employment is up 1%, unemployment is down 5.4% on the...

How socialism became un-American through the Ad Council’s propaganda campaigns

Mar 01, 2020 12:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Bernie Sanders has emerged as the Democratic front-runner in the race for the presidential nomination. Yet even some left-leaning pundits and publications are concerned about what they see as Sanders potential lack of...

Indian citizenship has now been reduced to 'us' versus 'them'

Mar 01, 2020 12:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The fallout from two controversial changes to citizenship laws continues to rock India. At least 35 people have died in sectarian violence in New Delhi which began on February 23. Muslims homes and businesses have been...

Why philosophy is an ideal travel companion for adventurous minds

Mar 01, 2020 12:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

In 2019, there were 1.4 billion international tourist arrivals globally and, given that the planet only holds 7.7 billion humans, this figure alone suggests that a lot of us are travelling. The World Tourism Organization...

Requiring firms to only sell financial products we can use is good, but not enough

Mar 01, 2020 12:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Investing

The governments financial system inquiry, on which I sat, reported five years ago. It recommended that the creators of financial products be subject to a design and distribution obligation (DDO), which would mean the...