‘Build back better’ requires a framework that focuses on the full life of a house – from materials to its end of life
In the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle, New Zealand is again talking about “building back better”.…
Through role play and simulation, this course teaches strategic ways to strike business deals that do more than just make money
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.…
Four reasons inflation will stay stubbornly high for some time
Price inflation is starting to fall in many countries but it still remains way above…
Journalists needs to be more critical of the way governments use ‘nudging’ to change our behaviour – here’s why
Suppose you are in a pub with friends. You drink a few beers, have a…
Australia’s system of taxing alcohol is ‘incoherent’, but our research suggests a single tax rate isn’t the answer
The best word to describe the way Australia taxes alcoholic drinks is “incoherent”. It was…
MLB home run counts are rising – and global warming is playing a role
Home runs are exhilarating – those lofting moments when everyone looks skyward, baseball players and…
FADs, stocks, overfishing: Regional members of IOTC meet in Seychelles to consider proposals
Seychelles met together with high-level government officials of the fisheries sector from Tanzania, Kenya and…
Why Britain’s new CPTPP trade deal will not make up for Brexit
The UK recently announced that it will join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific…
What The Jetsons got right, and very wrong, about the future of work
Sixty years ago the animated series The Jetsons finished its first and only season before…
No, BlackRock is not leading a Marxist assault on capitalism
Five years ago it would have been unimaginable, but today there is a global movement…