This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The federal government provides a wide range of subsidies to boost the production and consumption of biofuels. Over several decades, Congress has enacted special tax breaks, direct grants, government-backed loans…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Days after the Federal Government announced a university student fee hike, a national report has found students have higher rates of mental health problems than non-students, and being loaded with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From Richard Epstein’s recent excellent article “Containing Climate Change Hysteria“: As the Wall Street Journal has noted, the level of carbon efficiency in the United States has improved vastly in the last decade…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hey there, Elon Musk. We need to have a little talk. I understand that you’re very worried about what artificial intelligence could mean for our future. Here’s a…list of just…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has pledged to give away half of his £2 billion fortune. He was inspired by Bill Gates to join the Giving Pledge, an organisation that encourages the world’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After earning a doctorate from Brown University, studying at Oxford and establishing himself [Frederick Mulder] in London as an art dealer specializing in European printmaking from 1470 to 1970, particularly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Factories producing Ivanka Trump-brand clothing have recently drawn “sweatshop” accusations. Of course, the United States had its own sweatshops once, often with worse conditions than factories in poor countries today.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To win the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Innovation Showcase–a social purpose technology contest–it takes more than a good idea. And it takes more than a mobile app of questionable real-world usefulness. The three winning…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Prices for solar and wind are coming down dramatically, putting such technologies within reach of some of the poorest people in the world. At the same time, basic household lighting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The price tag, an increase of $237 billion over current spending, could help prevent 97 million premature deaths between now and 2030 The World Health Organization, in a study published this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly 66 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes. About two-thirds of these are internally displaced, but 22.5 million people are refugees in foreign countries, a record high.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As architects, we are increasingly aware of humanitarian disasters, environmental, social and political, which impact vulnerable communities worldwide. Perhaps our screen-time has some part to play—while social media channels are…