Author : The Conversation

While the scenes depicted in the film The Wolf of Wall Street might be extreme, they do reflect a truth: that the world of finance is overwhelmingly male. It...

The divide between editorial and commercial, church and state in publishing traditions, is now a millstone for the industry. That old-school separation used to mitigate in favour of strong,...

Reforming Wall Street has become a key issue in the ongoing presidential primaries. Bernie Sanders in particular has used his rival’s close ties to the financial industry, including speaking...

Markets have been in turmoil for much of the year on concerns the global economy is heading for another recession. The suspected culprits are many: the plunging price of...

Online marketplaces, also known as platform companies, are sprouting up everywhere and redefining business in every industry. “The Uber of ….” has become shorthand for tech startups looking to...

The longer life expectancy of people in industrialised countries means governments are raising the ages at which citizens can apply for state pensions. In the UK, state pension age...

Cyprus will successfully exit its bailout programme this month after three years. The country has come a long way since 2013 when its banking sector was on the verge...

Imagine a country in which there is no statutory right to paid holiday, no legal limit on the number of hours employees can be required to work, no right...

There have been dramatic changes in the U.S. energy system under our current president – a big drop in the use of coal, a boom in domestic oil and...

The populations of most countries of the world are aging, prompting a deluge of news stories about slower economic growth, reduced labor force participation, looming pension crises, exploding health...