MONEYMAKERS
MONEY MAKERS
Spare the Mount from the crowd
The crowding on top of Mt Everest is a sign that the world is following Francis Bacon’s philosophy rather than Mahatma Gandhi’s
Moneymakers
Closing the loop on COVID-19, wars and climate change: Maybe we were never that great
It is a strange situation waiting to happen: The attackers are aliens, but we have unleashed these aliens. We have welcomed zoonotic pathogens …
Antimicrobial resistance has a huge economic impact too
An additional 24 million people, most of them in poor countries, will be forced into poverty by 2030 due to costs of hospital visits arising out …
Government funds are not ‘taxpayer money’ — media and politicians should stop confusing the two
Kowtowing to a myth of ‘taxpayer money’ may act as a handbrake on decisive action
Why is Bitcoin’s price at an all-time high? And how is its value determined?
The cryptocurrency has a fixed supply that can’t be inflated by political decisions.
On the barrel
Book>> The Squeeze, Oil, Money and Greed in the 20th Century • by Tom Bower, Harper • Rs 450
A rupee's worth
Jyotika Sood reveals how cooperative societies believe in taking an extra rupee from farmers but not sparing 78 paise
$1.5 trillion global trade finance gap affecting SDG targets: ADB
Women entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises are the worst-hit
3.3 billion people financially included, says World Bank
The latest Global Findex report points out that South Asia has the largest gender gap when it comes to financial inclusion
Introduction is forever
Introduced bee species may create problem for native species in India
Foreign investors perpetuating poverty in Africa, says report
The Annual Progress Report of Africa says the continent is losing 6% of GDP a year, mostly due tto illegal logging and unregulated fishing
Andhra HC dismisses petitions against law to regulate micro-finance companies
Suggests state government should review the law enacted in the wake of suicides by rural borrowers