Capitalism has delivered untold wealth and living standard increases for billions. It has also left us with intertwining existential crises. Perhaps these aren’t unrelated.
Is Tesla's $1.2 trillion valuation a joke, like the cryptos Elon Musk promotes on Twitter? For it to be justified, two extraordinary things have to happen.
Given the tendency of Seán Quinn and members of his family to revise and reengineer history, it is little surprise that family members are now trying to airbrush it.
The Metaverse, as presented by tech giants like Facebook and Microsoft, is ugly and pointless. But there's something in the idea.
Everyone experiences doubts. It is just part of trying to build something. That is why talking to people who once held those same doubts – and overcame them – is so important.
Micheál Martin's comments at Bodenstown indicated that even a man as averse to a row as the Taoiseach recognises that the EU are now putting on the hard hats in discussions with the UK.
In what cases does it make sense for the state to own commercial businesses? When does it make sense to privatise? And how do Ireland's biggest 19 state owned enterprises fit in?
The state must now expand to help us cope with our housing, climate, and biodiversity problems. But if it is to succeed, it must do something it has rarely done before: Have a serious conversation with itself.
Internet companies like Flutter think about investment in terms of customers: How much to pay for them, and how much they're worth. That's why it was linked to an acquisition of sports media publication The Athletic.
Having dealt with Pearse Doherty and his advisors over the past number of years, the parallels with the initial New Labour economic project of Blair and Brown were obvious to me. However, news of the party’s long march to the centre has yet to reach business and investors.
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