Oct 27, 2021 | Business & Economics
By James Muldoon Facebook won’t let state oversight trump shareholder interest, so alternatives – based on common ownership and community control – are needed. Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen described the company as “morally bankrupt” before a panel of...
Sep 13, 2021 | Business & Economics
By Shaun Busuttil Nomads have historically been seen as a threat, but several countries around the world are now actively seeking to attract this growing digital legion through new remote work visas. The coronavirus pandemic has nudged the world into a transitory...
Apr 28, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society
By Alan Finlayson How can we create a progressive ‘popular force’ in an era of digital media platforms dominated by the innovations of right-wing populism? Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a powerful 18th-century polemicist and a radical democrat, thought that political dispute...
Nov 13, 2017 | Business & Economics
James Roberts, a sociologist at the University of Auckland, believes that digital networks open up possibilities for radically transforming our financial and economic systems. We asked him to discuss some of his ideas about intelligent economic planning in a...