Corruption is the all-but inevitable underside of capitalism. That’s where there’s a profit motive, and where there’s the ability to maximise profit by illegal or unprincipled means without being punished. Because of this, individuals and organisations will generally use those...
Now that Boris Johnson is officially the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, his focus turns from talking about how to steer the UK out of its Brexit dilemma to actually fulfilling those promises. Carrying out his ideas will...
Theresa May’s premiership resulted in three wasted years for this country. Not just because she failed to deliver Brexit, but because she expanded the size of government to an unprecedented level. The tax burden under this Conservative government has been...
Ethiopia, Africa’s fastest growing economy, sits on a precipitous cusp as it navigates its way towards a market oriented economy, with the scourge of ethnic identity compounding the reformist agenda of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Administration. Encapsulating the tenuous intra-ethnic...
Democratic Presidential Candidate Elizabeth Warren has been calling out financial malfeasance for a large part of her career. As a Harvard Law Professor, she first gained national attention in 2004. During an appearance on The Bill Moyers Show, she called...
On July 22, 2019, Iran announced the arrest of 17 Iranian citizens on charges of spying for the US, a claim that President Donald Trump dismissed as “totally false.” This came just after Iran seized a British oil tanker in...
Boris Johnson, a champion of Britain’s exit (Brexit) from the European Union since its beginning, is now the Prime Minister. Soon he will formally take up residence at Number 10 Downing Street, the focal point of the UK government, and...
Following Boris Johnson’s victory as Conservative Party Leader and Prime Minister, Philip Hammond resigned as Chancellor, as he said he would. For a man who was thrust into the biggest political challenge this country has faced, the economy under his...
Despite Africa being a continent with a vast supply of natural resources, it lacks capital. During the Cold War, the continent largely depended on Western donors to finance major infrastructural and development projects. Western countries were always generous with their...
(Cairo) – Egypt gets ready to receive the largest shipment of train carriages in its history. The carriages, to be manufactured by a consortium of Hungarian and Russian companies, is important for Egypt’s ongoing overhaul of the railways, which have...