We’ve all seen them; the dire economic warnings of apocalypse and destruction. Nothing will be the same, millions jobless, World War 2 sized debt and destitution. The hysteria even got so bad at one point that some UK newspapers were warning of another Great Depression.

As the old saying goes, “socialists soon run out of other people’s money”, and whilst that is very much up for debate depending on your political tastes, it’s probably worth admitting that the government can’t afford to pay the wages of half of the country forever.

It’s always an interesting thought exercise for anybody wondering about the scale of change and reaction across the world to the Covid-19 pandemic, to simply cast their minds back one month and try and remember what life was like.

Amidst the panic and scaremongering surrounding the ominous Coronavirus, there is an interesting paradox unfolding in the meeting rooms of the world’s most powerful people – how do they balance the protection of the population with the protection of the world economy?

It was early in the morning of Tuesday 4th February that people all over the world started to tune into the latest developments of the Iowa caucus results, expecting to find out who had struck the first blow in the race to be the Democratic Party nomination to run for President of the United States in November of this year.

Duisburg, in Germany’s industrial West, probably isn’t the type of city that most imagine when thinking about the country’s industrial might, but it may well be one of the most important in a new age of globalisation where Europe must forge new trading partnerships across the world to keep pace.

It’s been an unprecedented week for the British Parliament; The government were held in contempt of Parliament for the first time in history….

It’s tempting for those of certain political persuasions to blame austerity and government cuts on the current malaise that’s facing the high street….

It’s odd enough that a travel company would want to survey young people about desirable career choices, but odder still when you view the results….

In an unexpected move from the holiday rentals giant, they decided to pull all listings from the occupied West Bank in Israel….

Back in 2007 The Atlantic convinced Stan Lee to publish a comic on his vision of America, titled “America is a Dream”….

Very. Let’s not get into clickbait headlines on such a dishearteningly serious subject. According to The Washington Post, 2017 was the most dangerous year ever to be a journalist….

I was inspired to write something on the state of artificial intelligence, or AI, after watching Joe Rogan’s podcast episode where he discusses robots with Elon Musk….

If you’re with a high street bank, one of the traditional big boys, and you don’t live in a city centre then I’d like you to open your banking app. One thing you might notice….

Admittedly, it’s a bit of a long shot and, in honesty, the headline is simply designed to grab your attention, and given that you’re this far into the article already I’m assuming it’s worked….

What would you class as too wealthy? Or, I suppose, what threshold would you need to reach to achieve such fabulous wealth that you literally couldn’t give your money away….

It’s not the prettiest of metaphors for anything but it seems to be increasing in popularity whilst more and more writers and correspondents….

Raised by wealthy parents in Washington DC before attending an extremely exclusive prepatory school….

There are wildly varying degrees of concern, relaxation or outright hysteria regarding the state of the wider environment, our planet, our climate and pollution….

In the news recently, Amazon had a patent accepted for a cage in which workers would be moved around its warehouses….