Low oil prices have rippled through the world economy in some surprising ways… 1. Piracy in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea No longer worth the risk and complexity for $30 or $40 oil, the number of oil vessel attacks are down. 2. College…
As population shifts, developed nations will have redistribution decisions as the proportion of the non-working aged and the young need more labor income.
We might have to say BRINC rather than BRICS. As a developing nation with the highest GDP in Africa, South Africa has been the “S” in BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China). Now though, Nigeria has raced ahead. During one weekend…
Our Monday Gender Issue: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian writer, former MacArthur genius, National Book Critics Circle Award winner, author of the book, Half of a Yellow Sun on which a new movie is based, and the person who has given so many…
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