How much does your neighbour earn?
John Egan takes a look at the complexities entailed in answering the question. If you would like to know how well off you are, you do not have to look far –…
April 30, 2018
John Egan takes a look at the complexities entailed in answering the question. If you would like to know how well off you are, you do not have to look far –…
March 7, 2018
From running a business to managing an economy, understanding the value and whereabouts of capital assets is vital. But this isn’t as easy as it sounds, writes John Egan. What are the…
March 2, 2018
To the dismay of Brexiteers a hard-left Labour leader now appears more in tune with the business establishment than the splintered Tories, writes Murray Ritchie. Slowly but inexorably the divisions over Brexit…
February 12, 2018
Here is a chart that reveals a UK economy in the doldrums and shows where it could be heading. John Egan decribes the challenges this presents to raising the nation’s prosperity and…
January 25, 2018
Emmanuel Macron continues to surf the wave that swept him to power in the French presidential election in 2017. John Egan reviews a week in which his engagements with the global elite…
January 10, 2018
Taking on a biotech giant is tough. James Fitzgerald talks to one researcher who came out fighting. The release of the “Monsanto Papers” late last year made headlines around the world and…
January 9, 2018
Scientific evidence is mounting against the world’s most common herbicide, writes James Fitzgerald. This may be the knock-out round for Roundup, Monsanto’s top selling weed killer, after the European Parliament late last…
December 27, 2017
Murray Ritchie poses the question: With the emergence of Cyril Ramaphosa as president-in-waiting of South Africa can the so-called economic powerhouse of Africa finally live up to expectations? Not since Mandela has…
December 11, 2017
There is no way the EU in its present mood of disenchantment with the UK will give us a break. Why would it, asks Murray Ritchie. So there we have it. We…
December 8, 2017
In a week of political brinkmanship regulations have become a thorny subject, but aligning regulations is a practical way to make relationships work, as is eminently demonstrated in healthcare, John Egan writes….