$300 billion is pocket change? It is if you think on a global scale. It’s what the governments of the world spend on the military defense every 2 months. Barron J. Orr, lead scientist for the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, says that paltry sum of money would be enough to delay the worst effects...Read More

Ask any economist a question, and you will usually get the answer: “productivity.” The winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics, Paul Krugman, set the standard in 1994: “Productivity isn’t everything, but, in the long run, it is almost everything. A country’s ability to improve its standard of living over time depends almost entirely on...Read More

A coalition of ten of the world’s biggest seafood companies have joined a scheme connecting businesses, non-profits, scientists and public sector bodies in a bid to tackle the 640,000 tonnes of fishing gear abandoned in the world’s oceans each year. The companies, including Cargill and Thai Union, are the latest signatories to the Global Ghost...Read More