Category:Business

Business has evolved from just being one person's vocation, to rivaling nations, so how do we make sure that that genie is still the servant.

Business3y

The latter few centuries have seen the rise of non-human entities -- businesses -- with their own legal rights, powers and obligations, with some being comparable in stature to states.

A new retail model2y

With the increasing internationalisation of the clothing and other manufaturing sectors, mainly to take advantage of cheap labour, bricks-and-mortar retail stores in developed countries have taken a hit.

Innovation3y

There is much talk about promoting innovation, but do governments really get how innovation occurs?

Sales tax - The middle class con3y

Sales taxes -- variously known as VAT or GST -- provide governments with extra revenue. They have usually been imposed instead of the politically unpalatable action of raising personal taxes.

Stock market5w

The stock market is the official way that people provide finance for companies in return for a share of the profits. Speculation destabilises this process.

The jobs spin3y

When politicians and business leaders talk about creating jobs, activate your spin radar, because they are not likely to be talking about well paying ones.

Trusting in big business2y

Governments are placing a lot of trust in businesses being the powerhouse of our economies, but investigations into the operations of big businesses show that that trust may be misplaced.