Author : The Conversation

HSBC’s decision to end its operations in Brazil and Turkey, and lay off around 10% of its workforce worldwide, shows just how far it has come from the days...

First, monthly jobs growth exceeded expectations, as employers hired 280,000 people. Second, the labor force participation rate ticked up, indicating that people who had stopped looking for work were...

One of the main issues dominating the G7 was the Greek bailout. For the seven leaders attending the Bavarian summit, resolving the debt crisis in a way that is...

Standing up at work can be good for your health. That is the finding of recent research that links standing-based work to improved health outcomes. It follows numerous other...

Much has been written about the impact of remittance inflows on economic and social outcomes, including economic development, inequality, and poverty. However, little is known about the effect they...

If you ask anyone what the Magna Carta is all about, you might be told that it is some sort of proto-human rights or constitutional document. This largely results...

Declarations of support for “hardworking people” were commonly heard in the UK general election. This was echoed in the Queen’s Speech, when David Cameron said the 26-bill package was...

Something happens between the bubbles, bailouts, boom and bust cycles that we can’t afford to ignore, and it’s happening right now in the US and Europe. It is a...

A two-page paper published by John Nash in 1950 is a seminal contribution to the field of Game Theory and of our general understanding of strategic decision-making. That paper,...

Imagine your new boss arrives, and his first words to the assembled employees are “Great to be here. I don’t know much about what this organisation actually does because...