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Did the UK Forget that it Can’t Feed Itself?
The situation created by the British vote to leave the European Union is momentous for UK food. It is on a par with the Repeal of the Corn Laws of...
Negative Gearing Changes yet another Way to Hurt Low Income Renters
In the current housing tax debate a number of studies have come out arguing that while prices will fall (by varying amounts) rents will not be affected. That rents...
Despite Consumer Chagrin, Australians Face Credit and Debit Card Surcharges
New standards on how much businesses can surcharge their customers for credit or debit card purchases start in September. However, it’s not clear how the rules will be policed...
South Africa Needs the UK Market
The UK has voted to leave the European Union (EU). South Africa has historical and very close trade ties with the UK. Most of these relations were inherited by...
Believing in Puerto Rico will Require Relentless Optimism
For years, Puerto Rico borrowed to offset falling revenues as its economy and population declined. This was never sustainable, and now the moment of reckoning has arrived. For years, Puerto...
We Will Buy Your Planes, but We Won’t Enjoy It
Made in America. Morteza Nikoubazl//Reuters Made in America. Morteza Nikoubazl//Reuters Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – the Islamic Republic’s ultimate authority – reluctantly blessed the nuclear agreement between Iran and the West that was...
The U.K. Ventures into the Great (World Trade) Unknown
While most discussion since the Brexit vote has focused on how the UK will negotiate the terms of its new trading relationship with the EU, much less has been said...
United States of Google
pixinoo / Shutterstock.com pixinoo / Shutterstock.com Tech giant Apple last week told Politico it would withhold support for the Republican National Convention due to comments made by Donald...
Does Business-Speak Give You a Headache Too?
Poking fun at corporate jargon is on trend. Newspapers and online publications get a kick out of compiling extensive lists of the Poking fun at corporate jargon is on trend. Newspapers and online publications get a kick out of compiling extensive...
Africa would have Preferred ‘Remain’
The fallout from the UK referendum that ended in victory for those wanting the country to exit from the European Union (EU) is still reverberating around the world. However,...