digitalisation

From Adam Smith to Karl Marx: How would digitalisation ‘age’?

By Dr Mandeep K Mahendru and Dr Anirudh Agrawal The world is increasingly becoming digital, where our life-long earnings, relationships, secrets, property and personal...
Brexit and the workers

The Government has cancelled its review of workers’ rights – what does this mean...

By Pia Sanchez On 14 January 2021, barely 2 weeks after the UK and the EU signed the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) that covers...
Covid Vaccine

Vaccine inequality: A new beginning or another missed opportunity?

By Dr. Dan Steinbock Last year, four major opportunities to battle COVID-19 were missed. If vaccine inequality will prevail in the coming months, that would...
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Trade Without Tariffs: Taking Back Control of Trade?

By Melanie Wadsworth and Christopher Jefferies Trade without tariffs does not necessarily equate to free trade. UK businesses who trade with the European Union are...
Agriculture

Agriculture, Sustainable Development, and Government Policy in Developing Countries

By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui  I. Introduction Bandung Conference (1955) in Indonesia was the first large meeting of leaders from newly independent countries from Asia and Africa,...
matercard

Merricks v Mastercard: after nearly four years of highs and lows, the Supreme Court...

By Gurpreet Chhokar Special thank you to Simon de Broise, Senior Associate at Collyer Bristow, for his contribution to this article. In a hotly anticipated ruling,...
Int shipping

International Trade in 2021: Challenges and Opportunities

By Charles Hollis What does 2021 hold in store for international trade? The trading environment presents a complex picture, with issues such as the...
Far-right March on the US Capitol

Making Sense of the Far-right March on the US Capitol

By Anthony A. Gabb, Ph.D. The storming of the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021 by an angry far-right mob was an exigent distraction...
FTSE 100

Britain’s Top Firms Failing Black Leaders

Green Park's Annual Business Leaders Index Records no Black Chairs, CEOs or CFOs at FTSE 100 Companies for first time in six years. Despite years...
America

America is More Diverse, Racially, Then Ever Before, and it’s Testing the Republican Party

By Charles Denyer  When George Herbert Walker Bush swept to victory in 1988 over Democratic challenger Michael Dukakis, there was only brief mention of the minority...

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China economic growth

China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth

By Danny Leipziger China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives? China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...

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