Interviews
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Big guy for the little guy
Tim Cowen is a campaigning barrister representing small businesses against the dominant players in digital. The Mint heard from him about the new international coordination of anti-trust action against the …
Columns
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Brake the bank
The Coppola Column How governments could weaponise digital banking against “undesirables.” And how to prevent it. In the past 50 years, financial services have changed beyond all recognition. Not just …
Festival for Change Finalists
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Period pain
Ankit on a community visit: “The womenfolk are mostly aware of sanitary pads but would never think about using them. The stigma is huge.” The return on investment in menstrual …
Latest Posts
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Tech industry braces for skyrocketing rare earth prices
TAIPEI — Electronic hardware manufacturers are sweating as prices for rare-earth metals surge amid soaring demand and simmering tensions between the U.S. and China, the world’s most important source of …
Here & Now
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Zoom: the bigger picture
Should out of office be permanently on and other post-lockdown questions? Nick Skelton explains why digital isn’t the only pointer for the future. I’m an IT person by background but …
Horizon
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Space exploration
Data on land is vital but largely unavailable to organisations in the social economy, says Kate Swade. The UK social sector economy comprises myriad charities, social enterprises, cooperatives and grassroots …
Hard stuff
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Why we should abandon GDP
Gross Domestic Product is the most popular and useless quantity in economics say Erald Kolasi and Blair Fix. For all that it purports to say, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fails …
News
View All Tech industry braces for skyrocketing rare earth prices
TAIPEI — Electronic hardware manufacturers are sweating as prices for rare-earth metals surge amid soaring demand and simmering tensions between the U.S. and China, the world’s most important source of …
Past Events
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The Digital Economy: a Covid Winner but for whom?
During lockdown, the digital economy has been essential and has boomed. But are private network monopolies in the public interest? The early 1900s saw the first attempt to challenge the …
Long Reads
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Taking sides
Nicholas Gruen questions the value of competition and proposes a new frontier for political and economic reform. Since Adam Smith, economists have marvelled at competition’s capacity to improve our world …
