Author : The Conversation

Britain has a productivity problem. Its relative standing in the international league tables has been in decline since the 1870s when it was in pole position. But the big...

Back in 1980, Alvin Toffler coined the concept of the Electronic Cottage. While this might sound like a feature from Tomorrow’s World, it was essentially the idea that people,...

The phrase “banks create money” forms part of the popular discourse, but it conveys an erroneous representation of the banks' role in the money creation process. The role of...

In a recent address to the Economic Society of Australia, the Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens hit the nail on the head when he remarked, “monetary policy alone can’t...

The Chief Operating Officer (or COO) is a dying breed in today’s corporate environment. Since 2000, the number of large US firms with COOs has declined from 48% to...

Africa’s only regional bank, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), has come a long way since its near collapse in 1995. It now reflects its mandate to fight poverty...

In the more than two decades since democratic elections signalled a new era in Mozambique, a great deal has been accomplished. Nearly all development indicators have improved – often...

Recent plans to privatise a number of Australian ports have become very messy. In Victoria, both sides of government were committed to privatising the Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC),...

Discussions about a possible Grexit, from the euro or even the EU, have rarely been off the EU’s agenda over the past five years. As Greece and its creditors...

Last summer, a debate over the historically ho-hum Export-Import Bank of the United States (aka Ex-Im Bank) simmered over and went mainstream, as a growing chorus of Republicans and...