Tag: economics

Total carbon emissions of the U.S. economy could be more than 6% higher while China's could be around 10% lower, based on a new...

New survey of global private equity firms highlights the steps many are taking to get portfolio and private companies back on track as they...

The novel coronavirus or COVID-19 has made an indelible mark on the world. Only a few months after the virus was first discovered in...

Undeniably, 2019 was a tough year. And the year of the end of a decade. A decade of protest, as Gary Younge the...

We tend to look at economics and business as dead concepts. As rational subjects, that are governed by strict parameters such as growth, supply...

You may already have your foot in the door of finance, but you don’t have to be a recent undergrad to apply for a...

The idea of Universal Basic Income (UBI) has been surrounding us for a few years now, reaching over time as a strong possible answer...

There is only one thing that can not be compromised when speaking of capitalism: profit. If an organisation moves into a non-profit scenario, it...

“I have now lost faith in capitalism”. Hard but resolutive, writer Boyd Cohen shares under that premise his vision of how capitalist system has reached a...

The concept of well-being is highly related to good, enjoyable, and fulfilling lives. And that cannot be achieved through industrial output alone. In fact,...

4 days after Uber was banned by Transport for London (TfL) authority, many voices arose about what the future of the company in London might...

Small is Beautiful, a study as if people mattered

A post work economy would imply a universal basic income allocated to all citizens. What would be the impact of a basic income in...

Economics as if people and the planet mattered

Over the past few decades much has changed in the global economy. There has been a massive push towards globalisation, and many more regions...

After the 2008 crash many have started to rethink how mainstream economics and finance should be taught. The Post Crash Economics Society is a...

In recent years, rising economic inequality has become more apparent and obvious. According to Alice Martin (2014) of New Economics, the OECD has recently...

Changing The Way We Think About Markets

Article written by Maria Fonseca and Paula Newton Since the surge of the field of positive psychology, during the nineties, more interest was placed in scientifically...

One of the buzz trends of our contemporary "business" days is the idea that people need to be the new focus, and centre of...

Over the first part of the Intelligenthq Guide to the Sharing Economy, I have introduced you to Luke, Sam and Vicky: three digital urbanites that...

Successful entrepreneurs are viewed as go-getters, motivated people who know exactly what they want and how they're going to get it.  They are the...