Electric car supplies are running out – and could drastically slow down the journey to net-zero

Debt distress in Africa: biggest problems, and ways forward

The COVID pandemic has had a profoundly negative impact on Africa’s sovereign debt situation. Currently, 22 countries are either in debt distress or at high risk...

The age of hybrid working is here – how can businesses find the right mix between office and home?

After more than two years of disruptions, lockdowns and uncertainty, employers are facing a new reckoning in 2022: getting staff back into the office. Dubbed by...

Five things that economists know, but sound wrong to most other people

Economists have shaped the modern world in many ways. Governments make policy choices in response to the data that we produce about things like GDP and...

Starbucks’ caffeinated anti-union efforts may leave a bitter taste – but are they legal?

Good news greeted Starbucks workers on May 3, 2022, in the shape of a promise of new pay increases. But there was a catch: Employees at...

Florida Republicans’ row with Mickey Mouse highlights widening gap between historical BFFs GOP and corporate America

There’s a growing rift between corporate America and the GOP – two groups that have long been bedfellows. The latest incident involves Disney and its decision...

Oil prices fall with demand fears in China, strong dollar

ANKARA – Oil prices declined on Tuesday, dropping to the lowest level of the past two weeks with demand concerns due to ongoing coronavirus restrictions in...

Ukraine war, inflation, pandemic pose risk to US economy: Fed

ANKARA – Russia’s war on Ukraine, high inflation, and the coronavirus pandemic continue to create uncertainty and pose risk to US economic activity and financial conditions,...

Migrant workers are flipping the script and using Photovoice to tell their own stories

What happens when undocumented Bangladeshi and Pakistani men in Greece pick up their cell phones to record their lives as migrant agricultural workers? “This will let...

If Amazon wants to be the ‘Earth’s best employer’ it needs to listen to employees

In his farewell letter to shareholders last year, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced a new mission for his company: “Earth’s best employer and Earth’s safest place...