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 –…
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Humanity may not be hard-wired for success
Engineers and scientists are working on rapidly evolving AI technologies with sometimes little or no oversight. Where are these technocrats taking us, asks James Fitzgerald. When is software not software, asked the…
When reality bites
Is Prime Minister Theresa May resigned to Customs Union membership for the UK after Brexit? Murray Ritchie suspects the answer is ‘yes’. First it was the judges who were “enemies of the…
Shifting sands of scientific progress
The economic, commercial and geo-political status of nations is derived from their scientific and technological prowess. A new report charts how this balance of power has altered since the turn of the…
Nitrate: there’s something in the water
The United Kingdom’s four nations have the highest river nitrate concentrations in Europe. The European Environment Agency is demanding change, writes James Fitzgerald. The UK’s chemical-intensive farming methods have caught us between…
Britain hit by harsh political and economic storms
It is alone in a world in which the rules-based global order of the last half-century is set to be replaced by dog-eat-dog, survival of the fittest, beggar-thy-neighbour trade policy chaos, writes…
Chief-Exec series: The iceberg of intangible capital
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…
Is the UK heading for a general election?
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…
Complex issues turned into simple slogans have worked – until now
This political reality is already apparent in polls that show some of the steady gains by right-wing populist parties have stalled or are in reverse, writes Geoff Kitney. The rise of right-wing…
May under pressure to explain funding shortfall
The Prime Minister has promised a review of the flawed university tuition loan system, but tertiary education leaders are left wondering how a financial black hole would be filled, Aban Contractor reports….