Abstract This paper is intended to introduce some basic ideas behind the rising popularity of a digital currency called Bitcoin. The key...

Benjamin Franklin once noted that ‘nothing in this world is certain except death and taxes’. For rich and well-advised individuals and...

As banks reduce their lending in response to new banking regulations, ‘shadow banks’ are taking on a growing share of their business....

The subject matter is simple: Apple is being asked by the FBI to cooperate and help in unlocking an iPhone owned by a shooter of the San...

About a month ago, on January 29th 2016, the Bank of Japan decided to cut its benchmark interest rate below zero to -0.1%. This doesn’t...

Infrastructure is increasingly important in today’s global policy agenda as investments made in the previous century reach the end of its...

At the end of November the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the inclusion of the Chinese Renminbi (RMB) into the IMF’s Special...

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) or what is being called the biggest international trade deal in years refers to common standards in trade...

Volkswagen (VW) is a German carmaker founded in 1946 renowned for its engineering quality and passion for automobiles: “Aus Liebe zum...

The International Energy Agency (IEA), a Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organization which serves as an information source on...