By Liam Dann Business Editor at Large·NZ Herald· 22 Jun, 2025 07:00 AM5 mins to read ‌ ...

Respect for human rights is closely intertwined with addressing poverty and extreme inequality. Human Rights Watch research exposes how people experiencing poverty are often more vulnerable to ...

But the United States is no longer the sole superpower. As of last year, China is the world’s largest trading nation in terms of goods, having clawed its way up by diverging from market principles and ...

Full Report and Executive Summary Global growth is forecast at 3.0 percent for 2019, its lowest level since 2008–09 and a 0.3 percentage point downgrade from the April 2019 World Economic Outlook.

This will make for falling inequality, rising wages, and higher inflation. Perhaps, as the authors argue, demography is destiny. Still, one wonders whether politicians might also have something to say ...

What really drives these large gaps in economic stability isn’t just who earns more today; it’s the factors that accumulate and compound over decades.

The steady expansion under way since mid-2016 continues, with global growth for 2018–19 projected to remain at its 2017 level. At the same time, however, the expansion has become less balanced and may ...

Mechanize, a San Francisco start-up, is building artificial intelligence tools to automate white-collar jobs “as fast as possible.” ...

Disney and Universal are suing AI photo generation company Midjourney, marking the first major legal showdown between Hollywood studios and an artificial intelligence company.

That wasn’t just consumer choice, it was a message. Black economic power is real. When united, Black consumers can shift markets, influence corporate decisions and demand accountability.

Digital workers in Kenya had to sift through horrific online content to train AI, but say they were underpaid, overworked, and got inadequate mental health support. So they're fighting back.