Author : The Conversation

In the lead-up to the federal budget the government has made it clear, it sees the long-term task of fiscal management in terms of cutting expenditure rather than raising...

Digital disruption is a phrase increasingly bandied about when it comes to the Australian economy, but how deeply do digital technologies really penetrate our industry. Digital disruption is a...

Greta Gabaglio / Shutterstock.com Greta Gabaglio / Shutterstock.com Expo 2015 opened in Milan on May 1 – the latest of the five-yearly world’s fairs where the nations of the...

Just months since taking power in January, Greek’s Syriza coalition faces obstacles at every turn, from an intransigent European Central Bank to an unyielding European Council.  The ECB in...

The state of living standards in the UK has been a hotly contested issue in the build-up to the country’s general election. The coalition government has argued that living...

“We would be substantially better off not being in the EU because the opportunity cost of us not being able to make our own trade deals with the emerging...

On April 1, in an announcement that just a year or two ago might have been seen as an April Fools’ prank, McDonald’s said that by July 1 it...

Islamic finance has been growing rapidly across the world in recent years. Today, the operation of Islamic banks and their associated financial institutions has created a trillion-dollar industry and...

Recently, the National Football League (NFL) announced it was giving up its nonprofit status. This is a much-coveted designation because it exempts the entity from taxation. Some lawmakers have...

Photo: Kobby Dagan / Shutterstock.com Photo: Kobby Dagan / Shutterstock.com When Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao meet at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for their long-awaited fight on May 2,...