Finance
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Workers bear 71% to 100% of the cost of increases in compulsory super
This isn’t obvious, and it certainly isn’t what the superannuation industry has been saying. Robert Breunig The Conversation Legally, those…
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‘Rods from God’: Why Mach 5 Hypersonic Tugeston Bombs Were Never Dropped
Getting bundles of telephone pole-sized tungsten rods—1.7 time denser than lead—would require rockets of a massive scale that would have…
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Brexit explainer: What are the main sticking points in the talks?
So this is the “crucial week” for Brexit talks? Well, kind of. Cliff Taylor The Irish Times The EU and UK…
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Why this year’s Nobel Prize marks a revolution in economic thought
The Nobel Prize committee has awarded its 2020 prize in economic sciences to Stanford professors Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson…
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Why Biden Can Overcome Political Gridlock
But there are five new features of US political dynamics that this argument has overlooked. Anatole Kaletsky Project Syndicate LONDON…
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Wealthiest Countries in the World
Some see it purely as the money you have, while others may look at net worth or your overall quality…
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Canada’s Justin Trudeau says trade deal with UK may not be done
Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau has cast doubt over the UK securing a trade deal with his country by the 31 December Brexit deadline necessary to…
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American shipbuilding: An anchor for economic and national security
These were Capt. James Lawrence’s dying words defending the USS Chesapeake during the War of 1812. Peter Navarro Defense News Over 200…
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Scrap gas pipeline in eastern Med due to climate cost, says report
The giant gas reserves at the heart of a bitter political standoff between Greece and Turkey could lead to the…
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Asian Stocks Track U.S. Lower Amid Virus Spread: Markets Wrap
Shares fell across the region with declines more modest than those seen in the U.S. overnight, when the S&P 500…
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Fifty Trillion Reasons Why
In the past four decades—under Democrats and Republicans alike—$50 trillion has moved from the bottom 90 percent to the top 1…
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Boris Johnson wants a Turkey deal for Christmas
LONDON — Just one thing stands in the path of a trade deal between the U.K. and Turkey: the EU.…
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The Core of the ECB’s New Strategy
In a world where governments want the prices of certain forms of energy to rise, the concept of price stability…
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As China And Russia Grow Closer, America’s Energy Sector Loses
In the intervening months, that Chinese executive has probably had a change of heart: Ken Silverstein Forbes Presidents Xi and…
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ANZ to pay $10 million fine over ‘unconscionable’ periodic payment fees
The court found between August 2003 and September 2015, ANZ charged fees to personal and business customers over periodic or…
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Duterte’s China gambit fails to deliver the goods
MANILA – When will Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s China-friendly foreign policy start to pay dividends? Richard Javad Heydarian Asia Times…
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