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Same-sex marriage legislation can change attitudes towards gays and lesbians
Advancements in civil rights for lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals in Europe (as well as the Americas and Australia) have been among the most striking social changes in recent decades. As...
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Workers would give up half their hourly wages in exchange for a steady job
The past two decades have seen a large increase in the number of workers engaged in “atypical” work arrangements. This type of work includes employment like zero-hour contracts (ZHCs), gig work such...
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Ten 2018 posts that help us understand key issues in the technological...
1. How to tackle the spread of misinformation and the problems it causes (December 1) A report by the LSE Truth, Trust and Technology Commission suggests a way forward, writes Sonia Livingstone 2. Net...
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Liberalism at Large: The World According to the Economist – Book Review
Liberalism at Large: The World According to the Economist. Alexander Zevin. Verso. 2019. The theories and ideologies that form our political identities must be continuously reinterpreted in order to...
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Why do companies as diverse as oil producers and retailers enter moral markets?
What do Tesla and British Petroleum have in common? And how are Walmart and Patagonia similar? On most dimensions, these pairs of firms have little in common with one another—Tesla is widely...
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Why do some CEOs become celebrities while others don’t?
Celebrity benefits chief executives personally: increased pay, more opportunities to join boards, and protection from dismissal. But their firms do not enjoy similarly positive outcomes. These CEOs...
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Should the European Central Bank issue its own digital currency?
Cryptocurrencies and their potential impact on central banking have sparked a policy debate on addressing their potential risks to the banking and monetary systems. By highlighting the functional...
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Under pressure from consumers and employees, firms now compete for the most...
By Stephan Chambers The history of business is the history of human beings trading with each other; discovering efficiencies of scale and comparative advantage, creating surplus, investing capital,...
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