Digitisation asks Fundamental Questions of the Accountancy Sector
By Ben Laker
Estimated at $23 billion, the Digital transformation market is growing rapidly across the globe, with 23 percent of activity residing in the...
The Duel Between Big Tech and Big Government
By Graham Vanbergen
Just five years ago you had no notion that “big data” would overtake oil as the number one traded commodity in the...
Current Economic Development is Unsustainable. How Can We Reverse this Trend?
By Jacques Prescott
In 1987, with the publication of the Brundtland report, the world was confronted once again with the dire reality of a collapsing...
Feed the Future of Agriculture with Vertical Farming
By Mark Esposito, Terence Tse, Khaled Soufani and Lisa Xiong
One big misconception is that produce grown from nontraditional methods is of lesser quality, and...
Skills and Knowledge: An Imperative for Lifelong Learning in the Digital Age
By Bitange Ndemo
Today’s fast-paced and ever-changing world requires societies to adopt a culture of life-long learning. There is much the countries of the Global...
How to Make Finance a Force for Sustainability
By Dirk Schoenmaker
Traditional finance focusses on financial return, considering the financial sector separate from both society and the environment. In contrast, sustainable finance considers...
Runaway Train Towards Full Digitisation of Money and Labour
By Peter Koenig
The other day I was in a shopping mall looking for an ATM to get some cash. There was no ATM. A...
What the West Can Learn from the ASEAN Way
By Edgardo Angara
The rise of ASEAN shows how consensus-building, more than the rule of the majority, can help nations overcome religious and racial...
Nuclear Power and Public Fear in the Era of Climate Change
By Scott Montgomery
To discuss nuclear power requires discussion of public anxiety, particularly fear of radiation. Such fear exaggerates levels of actual risk and poses...
The Changing Nature of Country Risk in the Age of Globalisation and Donald Trump
By Michel-Henry Bouchet
In today’s global economy, the concept of Country Risk has been evolving. In this article, the author elaborates on the changing nature...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
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...
