Part Two: Fatih Takes Over SF Times: Your transition from Sultan’s Kebabs to starting Elia must have come with its own set of challenges. How did you decide to make that leap? Fatih: Taking over Sultan’s was pivotal, not just for the…
Ilan Noy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Nguyen Doan, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington What have we lost because of the pandemic? According to our…
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon A workplace showdown may be brewing over mandating vaccinations. Employers would love the sense of certainty that comes with a vaccinated workforce. Workers can be brought…
Stephanie Leiser, University of Michigan President Joe Biden just proposed a roughly US$2 trillion infrastructure plan, which he ambitiously compared to the interstate highway system and the space race. He aims to…
James “Pigeon” Fielder, Colorado State University Wall Street has long been likened to a casino. Robinhood, an investment app that just filed plans for an initial public offering, makes the comparison more…
Heath Henderson, Drake University The concept is simple and seductive: Give people cash, lift them out of poverty. It’s a strategy increasingly being used in both lower- and higher-income countries to help…
Michael Kitson, Cambridge Judge Business School The economic orthodoxy has long been that governments should try to balance their books and leave all the heavy lifting in managing their economies to central…
Kevin Davis, The University of Melbourne The vast arsenal of fiscal, monetary and legal measures used by Australian governments to offset the COVID-induced economic crisis have worked well. They did not prevent…
Photo by Eat This, Not That! Millions of Americans have been heavily reliant on fast-food joints more often during the pandemic. Because of quarantine and social distancing protocols that forced dine-in restaurants…
John Hawkins, University of Canberra Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, recently announced his company had bought US$1.5 billion (almost A$2 billion) of Bitcoin. The announcement led to a flurry of…
Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University What’s the difference between Google and Facebook? One difference is that last week Google agreed to pay Australian news outlets for their…