Economy

While no one can say precisely what the future holds, a few key trends offer powerful insight into where the FinTech industry is headed. So today, we’ll explore what we can expect from the future of FinTech. FinTech online courses are a great way to learn more about topics relating to financial technology, including what the…

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At a forum in Australia on Monday the 23rd, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates described China’s rise to a leading global economy as a “huge win for the world.” According to Forbes, Gates stated: “I do think the current mentality of the U.S. to China — and which is reciprocated — is kind of a lose-lose […]

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Australia needs a Royal Commission into its heinous, wasteful, privatised immigration detention policy. This is imperative in order to uncover immigration detention’s secrets, racism and appalling costs, to change public attitudes and to explore humane alternatives. Australian immigration detention’s 30-year anniversary largely passed last year without comment. Successive Governments have denied responsibility, facts and wrongdoing, Continue reading »

There is universal assent that we are in a period of geopolitical tension and flux. In a rough chronology, 1815-1914 was the era of British hegemony, the not-so-peaceful Pax Britannica. What followed between 1914 and 1945 was a disastrous period of two world wars and the Great Depression. The end of World War II marked Continue reading »

According to Australian news sources, 40,000 Chinese students are being forced to rush back to Australia incurring many thousands of dollars in costs, face difficult times finding accommodation and it’s all China’s fault. The reality is very different. From Australia’s perspective, if 40,000 Chinese students are going to suddenly arrive there, it would certainly boost Continue reading »

Scientific research shows that the environmental impacts of human civilisation have exceeded several planetary boundaries. To avoid societal collapse and to assist the transition to an ecologically sustainable civilisation, we must transition to a steady-state economy. Like Roger Beale, Michael Keating is reluctant to accept the scientific assessments of the threat to civilisation. Keating restates Continue reading »

New ONS data reveals how cold homes and food insecurity is impacting people's physical and emotional health

Three years on from Britain's exit from the EU, the deep impact on our economy and national standing is now undeniable, writes Adam Bienkov

"What is the common vision to guide the Global South out of this crisis?" asked the Progressive International. "What is the plan to win it?"

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It is not just pride which motivates the US elite’s fear of China and of multipolarity. Their ‘exorbitant privilege’ rests on power conferred by hegemony. The struggle of Australia, and countries around the world, to reclaim sovereignty in resistance to that power will be difficult because so much hinges on it. Mike Gilligan incisively and Continue reading »