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The Economics of Reproductive Health
Reproductive health isn’t just about abortions, despite all the attention they get. It’s also about access to family planning services, contraception, sex education and much else.
Shrugging Over Uber’s $100 Million Settlement
Uber, the popular ride-hailing app, just announced it has settled two class action lawsuits in California and Massachusetts in which drivers sought classification as employees and entitlement to overtime pay and more transparent handling of tips.
People are the New Media
“Traditional media” has been on its deathbed for what feels like a decade now. Opinions on the severity of the situation differ, but it is generally accepted that in its current form, the media industry will not be able to survive a landscape of internet-only publishing in its current state.
More than (Model) 3 Reasons to Talk about Lithium
The unveiling of Tesla’s Model 3 electric car was no less than the lifting of the final curtain on a game-changing energy revolution. In addition, if we follow that revolution to its core, we arrive at lithium—our new gasoline for which the feeding frenzy has only just begun.
Energy Consumption Shift Puts India in the Spotlight
Access to energy sources at low prices will continue to drive the world’s political agenda, as energy is a component as well as an object of national power. The world’s primary energy consumption from commercial sources of energy has grown from approximately 8,600 million tons oil equivalent (mtoe) to 13,000 mtoe from 1995 to 2015 and is forecasted to grow approximately by the same amount to 17,300 mtoe by 2035.
Figure 1: World’s share of commercial energy consumption (1995–2035)
Keep Doha Expectations in Check
The weekend meeting between many OPEC and non-OPEC producers has helped spur the recent gains in the price of oil. We are concerned that market may be getting ahead of itself.
An Expert Weighs in on $85 Oil…this Year?
After a 50 percent rally in oil prices between February and March, crude has retreated a bit as of late. The upcoming OPEC-Russia meeting in Doha looms over the markets, but few expect the outcome to have any material impact on supply and demand. Global supply still exceeds demand, but there are solid signs that the overhang is finally starting to ease. Storage levels are high, but are expected to come down.
Social Data’s Good, Bad and Ugly
Around the world, social media is giving consumers far greater visibility into supply chain processes and problems. For better or worse, manufacturing locations and labour conditions, warehouses, warehouse systems, packing processes, logistics partners and their delivery drivers have increasingly become associated with a retailer’s brand image.
World Bank Taps into Sharing Economy to Ease Traffic in Southeast Asia
The World Bank has taken its first steps into the sharing economy, made famous in America by companies such as Uber, Lyft, and Airbnb. In the case of the World Bank, it seeks to use the sharing economy to ease crippling traffic in the Philippines under a program it has dubbed the “Open Traffic Initiative.”
