Apr 25, 2024 | Business & Economics, Ngā Ara Whetū, Referee, Science & Technology
Words by Jack Marshall Photo by Jonas Verstuyft on Unsplash New Zealand’s space industry can be seen in the sky, but things take a murky turn when it comes to their supply chains, according to new research from the University of Auckland. “It’s very hard to...
Oct 20, 2021 | Business & Economics
By George Turner The Pandora Papers show how the tax industry uses ‘special purpose vehicles’ to avoid stamp duty – despite repeated legislation to prevent this. The Pandora Papers shed light on a UK property market that operates under two parallel structures. The...
May 28, 2020 | Business & Economics
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...
Apr 6, 2020 | Business & Economics
By Stefano Riela Stefano Riela looks at whether Covid-19 will change access to essential goods globally. For years, globalisation made it possible to geographically distribute economic activities. In ‘normal’ times, when the fluidity of trade is...
Sep 3, 2018 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
By Jonas Gamso Is China worsening the developing world’s environmental crisis? Jonas Gamso explores. The developing world is in the midst of an environmental crisis. Simply breathing the air is a leading cause of death. One recent study found that pollution is...