What is the fate of the driverless car?
By Lauren Ensor The only thing clear is that as technology accelerates, the lack of guidelines and clear accountability may chill autonomous driving commercialisation. “Hands down the best car I have ever owned and used to its full extent,” Joshua Brown of...
How did the promising aircraft design end in catastrophe? The rise and fall of the Boeing 737 MAX
By Lauren Ensor Lauren Ensor looks into the rise and fall of the Boeing 737 MAX. The story of the 737 MAX affair begins, as commercial ventures often do, as a response to competitor initiative and ingenuity. The Airbus A320neo promised airlines an aircraft – more...
Is the sun setting on unsustainable long-haul, short-stay tourism?
By James Higham The tourism rebuild must involve all measures being taken to create a high-value, low-leakage and low-emissions tourism future. Unprecedented border closures and the domestic lockdown have paralysed New Zealand’s $40.9 billion a year tourism industry....
Grasping challenges: Does COVID-19 represent an economic opportunity for New Zealand?
By Gilbert Wong, Miranda Playfair, Margo White & Julianne Evans Covid-19 will continue to change and challenge our economy, culture and society for years to come. But New Zealand has some real advantages as we move beyond the initial disruption and fallout from...
Can we grow organisations and work that support a sustainable world?
By Gilbert Wong Can we grow organisations and work that support a sustainable world? The answer comes from understanding our deepest psychological drivers, according to Niki Harre. Let’s play the word association game. Money, status, competition, power and...
How can we rebuild our economies fairly post-COVID?
By Ilan Noy Rich and poor don’t recover equally from epidemics. Rebuilding fairly will be a global challenge. Since the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, disaster recovery plans are almost always framed with aspirational plans to “build back better”. It’s a fine sentiment...
Is the Italian economy ready to re-start after the lockdown?
By Stefano Riela The lockdown, introduced at the beginning of March to contain the spread of Covid-19, has been an economic nightmare for the country. In the last weeks Venice has been unusually quiet even in its canals, now revealing a multichromatic sea life. That...
From COVID-19 to a sustainable climate: What is the way forward?
By Ralph Cooney People and governments have the chance to learn from Covid-19, and build a new sustainable climate future with a watchful eye on our Sustainable Development Goals, writes Professor Ralph Cooney. At the time of writing, Covid-19 had already caused the...
How has COVID-19 affected the labour movement in the United States? 🔊
The United States has fast become the most affected country by the COVID-19 pandemic. Aside from the hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 cases, the pandemic has also led to mass unemployment and widespread strike action by workers. Rachel Simpson spoke with Paul Taillon...Subscribe by Email
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