Plastic Roads
-As a fact, all of the plastic produced since the 1950s, less than 10% has been recycled. The vast majority…
Clean power is shaking up the global geopolitics of energy
-As the Economist means, the geopolitics of energy is all about the world’s insatiable thirst for oil. But as this…
Autonomous vehicles are just around the corner
-Fully autonomous vehicles are just around the corner, according to The Economist. But they are not quite ready to operate…
Eroding exceptionalism: Internet firms’ legal immunity is under threat
-It is contended that giant internet firms such as Google and Facebook like to view their rapid rise as the…
Management theory is becoming a compendium of dead ideas
-The Economist means that business gurus might do well in copying Martin Luther King’s efforts insofar as changing the face…
The great divergence
-The Economist reports that a group of elite firms has established a sustained lead – and it’s not a good thing.…
Samsung’s smartphone woes
-According to the Economist, the world’s second-biggest technology firm is facing an uphill battle. After the former owner of Samsung…
Shhhh! – Helping introverts thrive
-The Economist combines psychology and business in a brilliant and thought provoking manner here. This article expounds on Carl Jung’s…
Team spirit & The Evolution of Teamwork
-As based on a new report by Deloitte coined “Global Human Capital Trends”, the Economist suggests that the fashion for…
The imperial CFO
-While the days of old-fashioned, autocratic imperial CEOs have long gone, a new and much less exuberant authority figure has emerged within…
A printed smile
-As the Economist says, a pair of straight and gleaming teeth makes for a beautiful smile. But how many people…
Quantum computing – Now try this
-Although the idea of quantum computing to carry out tasks far faster than any conventional machine goes back decades, such…
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