Business + Economy

driverless robotax on a road in los angeles

Five reasons why driverless cars probably won’t take over your street any time soon

Seyed Toliyat, University of Stirling

Is a ‘nanny state’ a price worth paying to keep the NHS free? The evidence shows it could work

Renaud Foucart, Lancaster University

Why it’s not a problem that dinosaurs are sold for millions of dollars – art historian

Mark Westgarth, University of Leeds

Sotheby's publicity photograph for the Creatosaurus skeleton.

It doesn’t have to be welfare versus warfare. Changes that make tax fairer could fund both

Giray Gozgor, University of Bradford and Kamran Mahroof, University of Bradford

uk prime minister keir starmer at the nato summit in june 2025

Worries about the UK economy are justified, but can the government afford to gamble on raising taxes?

Alan Shipman, The Open University

When public money is tight, how do governments put a price on culture?

Steve Nolan, Liverpool John Moores University; Rafaela Neiva Ganga, Liverpool John Moores University, and Tamara West, Manchester Metropolitan University

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As Sri Lanka’s economy pivots from tourism, it’s well placed to benefit from global trade and geopolitical jostling – new research

Hemamali Tennakoon, Brunel University of London

Trump’s budget cuts could shut down local news outlets and reduce reporting on emergencies

Colleen Murrell, Dublin City University

People leave flowers for the victims of the deadly flood in Kerrville, Texas.

Decoding hints that Xi Jinping may be under pressure to relinquish some of his power

Chee Meng Tan, University of Nottingham

Japan and South Korea can show governments how to compete with China and US

Robyn Klingler-Vidra, King's College London

The CEO of LG Electronics, William Cho, speaks during a conference.

‘Come meet us in Dubai’: the new offshoring of grand corruption

John Heathershaw, University of Exeter and Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, Sciences Po

Work and personal finance

woman on a sofa wearing pyjamas and checking her phone

Always on, always tired, sometimes rude – how to avoid the ‘triple-peak trap’ of modern work

Marc Fullman, University of Sussex

female office worker sitting at her desk alongside a set of crutches

People with MS and other fluctuating health conditions are often forced to quit their jobs when they want to work

Alice Martin, Lancaster University

Britons are less likely than Americans to invest in stocks – but they may not have the full picture

Sam Pybis, Manchester Metropolitan University

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Tackling the chaos at home might be the secret to a more successful work life

Yasin Rofcanin, University of Bath and Siqi Wang, Aston University

young man at a laptop holding a baby who is hitting him in the face

In search of Labour’s ‘working people’ – the paradox at the heart of Keir Starmer’s first year in power

George Newth, University of Bath

Keir Starmer in high-viz standing in front of a group of men in hard hats.

The pandemic is still disrupting young people’s careers

Sviatlana Kroitar, University of Leicester

Green economy

Bangladesh man pushing bike loaded with baskets through flooded road

Why investing in climate-vulnerable countries makes good business sense

Ali Serim, ODI Global

piles of coins, in soil, green plants growing on top of coins

Your essential guide to climate finance

Mark Maslin, UCL; Alix Dietzel, University of Bristol; Amani Maalouf, University of Oxford; Dongna Zhang, Northumbria University, Newcastle; Doug Specht, University of Westminster; Mathias Weidinger, University of Oxford; Meilan Yan, Loughborough University; Narmin Nahidi, University of Exeter; Paul O'Hare, Manchester Metropolitan University, and Sankar Sivarajah, Kingston University

I’ve studied faiths and cultures around the world. Here’s how finance can be made more inclusive and sustainable

Atul K. Shah, City St George's, University of London

plant growing out of a pile of coins in someone's hands

Society needs a systems update to cope with climate crisis – my new film explains why

James Dyke, University of Exeter

James Dyke stands by cameras talking outside on grass by Westminster

Plans to link electricity bills to where you live are unlikely to bring down prices – and that’s a big problem for net zero

Nicholas Harrington, University of Glasgow

Shop smarter, not harder. How gentle messaging can help the planet more than tough talk

Jasmine Mohsen, University of Leeds

anti-consumerism protesters holding signs and marching in a London street.

Women

Denying compensation to ‘Waspi’ women over pension changes could be a missed opportunity

Jane Falkingham, University of Southampton; Athina Vlachantoni, University of Southampton, and Yifan Ge, University of Southampton

Women are south Asia’s ‘silent contributors’ – changing that could transform economies

Nirma Sadamali Jayawardena, University of Bradford

Women at a flower market in Bangalore, India.

How stigma, fear and the UK welfare system harm women in informal self-employment

Sally Jones, Manchester Metropolitan University

young woman playing in the park with a little girl

‘I’ve never paid myself’: why the reality for female entrepreneurs doesn’t always match the rhetoric

Sarah Marks, Swansea University

woman with her head in her hands outside her business with a 'closed' sign on the door.

Women always suffer in times of conflict. Yet the arms industry is accused of gender washing war

Rosie Walters, Cardiff University and Natalie Jester, University of Gloucestershire

displaced yemeni woman sitting on the ground making food.

Books that shook the business world

composite of book covers for Talking About Machines by Julian E Orr

Books that shook the business world: Talking About Machines by Julian E. Orr

Wojciech Kwiatkowski, University of the West of Scotland

Books That Shook the Business World: The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt

Divya Jyoti, Lancaster University and Bogdan Costea, Lancaster University

Books that shook the business world: Good to Great by Jim Collins

Margaret Heffernan, University of Bath

design incorporating cover of Good to Great by Jim Collins

Books That Shook the Business World: Exponential by Azeem Azhar

Sreevas Sahasranamam, University of Glasgow

Design incorporating the cover of Exponential by Azeem Azhar

Books That Shook the Business World: The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken

Denise Baden, University of Southampton

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