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Learn about how you can achieve a better work-life balance, and check out the latest news about the world of work, including advancements on ideas like the four-day work week and universal basic income.
A brief history of blockchain
Many of the technologies we now take for granted were quiet revolutions in their time. Just think about how much smartphones have changed the way we live and work. It used to be that when people were out of the office, they were gone, because a telephone was tied to a place, not to a person. Now we Read More...
Somalia set to print banknotes for the first time in 25 years
After decades of turmoil, the east-African country of Somalia is finding itself in a relatively stable position. Successful elections brought in a new government, and now the country has plans to resume printing banknotes after many years of being buoyed by donors and other world organizations. Read More...
Raising the steaks: the Seattle startup crowdfunding sustainable beef
If crowdsourcing makes you think of fundraising campaigns for smartwatches and wine coolers rather than sustainable food, you’re not alone. But a new Seattle-based startup called Crowd Cow is hoping to change that. Crowd Cow works like most crowdfunding campaigns. Every few days, the company Read More...
AI hedge fund creates a new currency to make Wall Street work like open source
Wall Street is a competition, a Darwinian battle for the almighty dollar. Gordon Gekko said that greed is good, that it captures “the essence of the evolutionary spirit.” A hedge fund hunts for an edge and then maniacally guards it, locking down its trading data and barring its traders Read More...
For the first time since 2007, every EU economy is growing at the same time
Economically speaking, the European Union is performing better than it has in a long while. For the first time since 2007, all 28 of the union’s member economies are growing at the same time, on an annual basis. Unemployment is also at its lowest point across the region since 2009, and the GDP Read More...
Massive universal basic income trial set to rollout in Kenya
Despite trials in the 1960s and 1970s in the US, Canada, and India, we still don’t know if universal basic income reduces poverty while enhancing quality of life. In the coming years we may find out as a universal basic income program is set to begin in Kenya. The program, called GiveDirectly, Read More...
Want to help fight legal battles? There’s a crowdfunding site for that
When online crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and GoFundMe debuted, people hoping to invent and sell a better bottle opener, those in need of help with medical bills and all sorts of personal would-be fundraisers talked about the concept in grand, world-changing ways. This, they said, was a Read More...
This new technology could make globalization work for everyone
There are many good things about globalization. The blending of cultures and races creates a global human family that could live in more harmony and peace with each other and the planet. The challenge is that globalization—as we know it—doesn’t work well enough. There are too many people who Read More...
Trump policies unlikely to end sustainable-investing trend
The Trump era could hinder the performance of some mutual funds that focus on sustainable investing in the short term, but it won’t put the brakes on the booming trend of investing based on environmental, governance and social factors. Responsible or sustainable investing, or investing in Read More...
The blockchain's emerging role in sustainability
Picture, if you will, a tracking system that discreetly verifies the provenance of products as they move across a supply chain — sending proactive alerts about unexpected detours that could signal potential tampering or environmental conditions that might pose safety issues. Did we mention Read More...