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Interest rates: why the era of cheap money is finally ending

December 14, 2021

The Bank of England was widely expected to slightly increase its official bank rate on November 4, but it decided to stick to the all-time low of 0.1%. However, the bank has made it clear that a rise will […]

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Get ready for the invasion of smart building technologies following COVID-19

December 2, 2021

The past two years were a busy time for real estate professionals. While commercial buildings like office towers, shopping malls and hotels stood empty for months in a row as a result of the COVID-19 […]

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Why are investors so cocky? They often have a biased memory – and selectively forget their money-losing stocks

November 30, 2021

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Stock investors mistakenly remember their past investments as better than they actually were, which leads them to be overconfident about how they’ll perform […]

Crypto & Blockchain

What are NFTs and why are people paying millions for them?

November 29, 2021

Last week, Christie’s sold a digital collage of images called “Everydays: The First 5000 Days” for US$69.3 million dollars. This week, Elon Musk said he’s selling a tweet of his as an NFT, which contains a […]

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The Pandora Papers: How punishing tax cheats can serve as a deterrent

November 28, 2021

Law-abiding taxpayers look on with disappointment and disdain as details about the illicit financial arrangements of the ultra-wealthy surface — again. The latest leak of nearly 12 million offshore financial records — the so-called Pandora Papers — […]

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Worker shortage? Or poor work conditions? Here’s what’s really vexing Canadian restaurants

November 26, 2021

Restaurant operators across Canada are struggling to find enough staff to run their operations. This labour crisis has been highly publicized by Canadian media as a “labour shortage.” A recent survey by Restaurants Canada found that 80 per […]

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NFT performance art: Corporations could capitalize on protest

November 24, 2021

Russian artist Petr Davydtchenko made what what he claims was the first performance art NFT in February. According to an article in The Art Newspaper, in a digital recording, Davydtchenko “eats a live bat in front of the European Parliament […]

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What is Bitcoin’s fundamental value? That’s a good question

November 18, 2021

As it hits new highs, there is no shortage of bold predictions about Bitcoin reaching US$100,000 or more. Often these are based on not much more than extrapolations by people with vested interests: the price has gone […]

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Ethereum: the transformation that could see it overtake bitcoin

November 8, 2021

The world’s second most valuable cryptocurrency, ether, has been touching all-time highs in price ahead of a major upgrade of its underlying platform, ethereum. Ether is currently worth in aggregate just shy of US$500 billion (£363 […]

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What is decentralized finance? An expert on bitcoins and blockchains explains the risks and rewards of DeFi

November 4, 2021

Fervent proponents of cryptocurrencies and the blockchains they run on have promised a lot. To them, these technologies represent salvation from corporate power over the internet, government intrusions on liberty, poverty and virtually everything else that ails society. But so far, […]

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Economics & Business

New study reveals destructive effects of gender norms, expectations for female bosses

In a challenging labor market, Black women with disabilities are choosing self-employment

Why personal finance is harder when you’re a migrant

Workplace injuries: Why immigrants take longer to recover

Young people in coastal towns are getting left behind. Here’s what could help

Australia faces a home insurance reckoning—and we can learn from California’s bold move

Local news services need to adapt or face extinction, Australian report says

In a post-truth world, what happens if we can’t trust US economic data anymore?

Why lowering commissions can slow home sales

Better than greenwashing, sustainability reporting boosts financials

Technology

Google is training its AI tools on YouTube videos: These creators aren’t happy

Amplifying AI’s impact by making it understandable

AI takes flight: Project to boost machine learning in aircraft surface inspections

New method enables AI models to forget private and copyrighted data

Robot regret: New research helps robots make safer decisions around humans

Sound familiar? Matching voices boost trust in self-driving cars

AI could snuff out wildfires one power line at a time

Can your chatbot logs be used against you in court?

The AI breakthrough that uses almost no power to create images

Study examines how AI can ease workloads for frontline cybersecurity teams

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