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The Ambitious and Necessary Ground Zero Rebuild
Lower Manhattan’s new skyline. NYC skyline via www.shutterstock.com Lower Manhattan’s new skyline. NYC skyline via www.shutterstock.com From the beginning, rebuilding ground zero was fraught with strategic consequence, for the city of...
Can Britain use the ‘Norway Option’ with the EU?
The aftermath of the Brexit referendum has intensified the debate on alternative templates for the UK’s relationship with the European Union. The “Norway option”, an arrangement that allows...
Africa Still Struggles with Miners Versus Farmers
The interaction between artisanal (small-scale) mining and agriculture in Africa still needs to be carefully considered by policy makers to ensure that people’s livelihoods and countries' export revenues aren’t...
Are Workplace Pregnancies Still Considered an ‘Inconvenience’?
During the 2016 presidential election, we’ve seen an unusual amount of interest in issues regarding gender equality in the workplace. Discussions of equal pay, the glass ceiling and...
How Do You Hail a Driverless Car?
Uber’s announcement that it will introduce driverless cars in Pittsburgh, US, throws into question the fate of not just the “sharing economy”, which Uber helped to make mainstream, but the future...
Are Immigrants Hurting or Helping Economic Growth?
Immigrants have become a major scapegoat in recent years for sputtering Western economies. Immigrants have become a major scapegoat in recent years for sputtering Western economies. From the U.K.’s...
Rio Returns to ‘Normal’
A boost in tourism is meant to be one of the big bonuses of hosting the Olympics. There is never any shortage of pre-games rhetoric about the bounties –...
Working Moms Picking Freelance, Flexibility, and Family
The original “freelancers” were historic knights and mercenaries, selling their fighting skills to whoever paid the right price. Today’s freelancers include a growing army of people who decide to leave highly...
Post-Brexit UK Long-Term Economic Outlook…Meh
Britain’s economy after the vote to leave the European Union has been marked by one word: uncertainty. However, the FTSE 100, the UK’s main stock index, seems to be...
Is Your Workday Getting Longer?
Freedom is slavery. George Orwell, 1984. Imagine if you could work whenever and wherever you wanted to. Would you work less and enjoy more time with family and friends? Or...