Author : The Conversation

Microsoft has announced its intention to hire more autistic people – not as a charitable enterprise but because, as corporate vice-president Mary Ellen Smith said: “People with autism bring...

April 15th, a day most of us dread, is fast approaching. Have you filed your taxes yet? Economists believe most people are rational calculating machines, but many of us...

Workers' wages have stagnated, even as the unemployment rate has plunged to a seven-year low and the economy is bounding ahead. Some people propose raising the federal minimum wage and bolstering labor unions...

For seasoned observers of general election campaigns, it is not surprising to see the Conservative Party styling themselves as the business-friendly party. Traditionally depicted as “the party of the...

With another impending international debt deadline, Greece runs the risk of becoming the first OECD country to default on its obligations to the IMF. The country owes €448m –...

The framework nuclear agreement that was announced earlier this month by Iran and the so-called P5+1 calls for a substantial rollback in the country’s nuclear program in return for a lifting...

As consumers, we pay for electricity twice: once through our monthly electricity bill and a second time through taxes that finance massive subsidies for inefficient wind and other energy...

A growing number of young people are giving up on the idea of owning their own home, according to a new report by the bank Halifax. For “Generation Rent”, increasing...

China’s growing economic clout is complicating US efforts to maintain its grip on the world’s leading multilateral economic institutions – as it has done since the end of World...

The New York Times recently reported on sluggish growth in the financial industry.  It described a nascent trend of business students and executives opting for jobs in the manufacturing...