Author : The Conversation

The South African retail banking sector is characterised by high barriers to entry. The sector is concentrated, with four of the largest banks – Standard Bank, Absa, First National Bank and Nedbank – accounting for...

The new normal. EPA/Lukas Coch Tobacco kills nearly half of all long-term smokers and in the UK alone accounts for the deaths of 100,000 people annually, according to the public health...

Wall to wall coverage. Wall to wall coverage. Mortgage advertising has a new pitchman. Angélica Portales/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Marketers are supposed to be inventive folk – and attempting to interpret their...

App-based ride company Uber has been battling the “establishment” around the world, from traditional black taxi drivers in London to regulators in Australia. However, Uber is far from the first upstart travel...

Anti-doping is in crisis. Russia has created a real dilemma as the World Anti-Doping Authority (WADA) and the International Olympic Committee agonise over the extent and nature of sanctions after doping...

The 2008 economic crisis is the single largest factor that has driven developing countries to seek alternative sources of financing for social and developmental infrastructure. This was a result of the...

One of the big themes in the current presidential race is how decades of free trade have dealt a heavy blow to the American worker as millions of jobs...

The Obama Administration issued new rules this week that will allow millions more Americans to qualify for overtime pay.  The Labor Department regulation, which will take effect in December, will double...

Promoting economic development and “wealth creation” is one of the London mayor’s three main functions – alongside taking care of the city’s social and environmental development. The fact that London regularly...

  A long-term plan to cut the company tax rate from 30% to 25% is the centrepiece of the Coalition’s economic plan for jobs and growth. The Coalition maintains...