Analysis by The Currency shows net government supports are absorbing around half of the recent energy price increases targeted. Now is the time to get more strategic with counter-inflation spending.
The food insecurity triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine will cause deep problems in Africa, where nearly half of the continent depends on Russia and Ukraine for food staples. Africa is already a new front in a new Cold War.
The corporate response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been the correct action in the face of the horror. It has also set a new standard for corporations when they act and speak against atrocities.
Ireland's Covid policy responses needed speed, scope, and scale. The Ukraine policy response has to be broad and fast to ensure households and businesses, just recovering from Covid, make it to the end of 2022.
For forty years, a handful of elite west coast firms dominated the venture capital industry. Now, a New York upstart is changing the game.
Commodity prices are rising and they are going to continue to rise over the coming months. Forward-looking Western governments should secure whatever critical supplies they need sooner rather than later – in this situation, it is better to panic early than to panic when it is too late.
We marginalized the people who dedicate their lives to understanding the complexity of our world. We chose to read 360 characters instead of 360 pages. We cancelled before we tried to understand. We made (and lost) a quick buck instead of investing in long-term change.
As we grapple with the return of war to Europe, we should consider the growing echo of Suez amid the tragedy of Ukraine.
The RTE journalist Mike Burns died in February 2021. A memorial service was held for him in Dublin this week where Tommie Gorman delivered a eulogy for his friend. It is reproduced here.
The institutional investors who fund Irish apartment blocks are a net benefit to the country. Though in the US, a more troubling type of corporate landlord is on the rise.
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