Tag: economy

• Nigeria is now the No.2 bitcoin market on this fast-growing global marketplace

  February 14, 2021

  During the police brutality protests in Nigeria in October, bitcoin saved the day when the government shut out protesters from using local payment platforms for collecting donations to support it.… more ›

• Let’s Start Over

  January 31, 2021

  Many of us have spent the past nine months lusting for a normal night like that. Many of us have spent the past four years longing for a normal president.… more ›

• The Virtual Economy

  December 21, 2020

  This is the Virtual Economy. An agglomeration of sophisticated platforms, fledgling and often dubious marketplaces, skilled nixers, volatile assets, and ambitious pioneers that exist or operate uniquely in virtual environments.… more ›

• There’s no such thing as a self-made billionaire

  September 26, 2020

  The fortunes of the super-rich have reached staggering levels, and for decades, inequality’s been rising. To get a sense of the scale of the problem, here are three sources. https://thecorrespondent.com/712/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-self-made-billionaire/901152214776-cf03048a more ›

• Remote Work Is Killing the Hidden Trillion-Dollar Office Economy

  September 6, 2020

  In the five months since the coronavirus forced a lockdown of U.S. businesses, economists have focused much attention on the devastation of mom-and-pop businesses, brick-and-mortar shops, bars and restaurants, and massive… more ›

• The Wealth Detective Who Finds the Hidden Money of the Super Rich

  August 24, 2020

  Thirty-two-year-old French economist Gabriel Zucman scours spreadsheets to find secret offshore accounts. At that moment, Zucman was also pondering whether to pursue a doctorate. He was already skeptical of mainstream… more ›

• Turkey’s Erdogan announces discovery of large natural gas reserve off its Black Sea coast

  August 22, 2020

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced the discovery of a large natural gas reserves off the Black Sea coast, days after he promised “good news” that would usher in… more ›

• Neofeudalism: The End of Capitalism?

  May 24, 2020

  IN CAPITAL IS DEAD, McKenzie Wark asks: What if we’re not in capitalism anymore but something worse? The question is provocative, sacrilegious, unsettling as it forces anti-capitalists to confront an… more ›

• The 90% economy that lockdowns will leave behind

  May 3, 2020

  Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it,… more ›

• The Heretic’s Guide to Global Finance

  August 28, 2019

  Following the bank bailout and the Global Financial Crisis, anger towards the financial system reached new heights. https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745333502/the-heretics-guide-to-global-finance more ›