Category: Business and Technology

Business and Technology, International

How Long Will the Semiconductor Shortage Last?

The world’s shortage of semiconductors has had ramifications for the entire globe. Shortages have caused a drastic decrease in the production of electronic parts for renewable energy industries, consumer electronics, and most of all, the automotive industry. If Taiwan’s manufacturing factories experience other lockdowns and closures due to further outbreaks of Covid-19, the effect of the semiconductor shortage could last longer and be more damaging … Continue reading How Long Will the Semiconductor Shortage Last?

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Business and Technology, Economics, Finance and Markets

Central Bank Digital Currencies

While the physical world has been frozen in lockdowns, the digital world has been accelerated into our living rooms. Even in a tide of new financial assets, cryptocurrencies have become the most speculative. In the first four months of 2021 alone, Bitcoin has doubled in price, continuing to hear the praises of its early devotees and adding hedge fund titans like Paul Tudor Jones to … Continue reading Central Bank Digital Currencies

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Business and Technology, International

The Data Revolution: The Rise of a New Economy

The rapid increase in global data production that is currently taking the world by storm is by no means a recent phenomenon. Indeed, ever since the very earliest stages of mankind’s existence, data in some form has been the metric used to evaluate almost everything, from decisions regarding the implementation of new technologies to deciding on the most suitable design for a product. It is … Continue reading The Data Revolution: The Rise of a New Economy

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Business and Technology, Chart of the Month, UK

Chart of the Month – September 2021

This month’s Chart of the Month shows the real (inflation-adjusted) monthly value of UK fish and shellfish exports, bound for EU destinations. It reflects the short-term and potential long-term impacts of Brexit on UK businesses.  Over the last twenty years, fish exports to the EU have remained relatively stable. The spike in August 2003 is unexplained, although it may have been caused by an unexpected … Continue reading Chart of the Month – September 2021

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Business and Technology, Finance and Markets

NFTs: Art of the future?

The markets for cryptocurrencies are some of the most volatile and rapid growing markets in the world today. Bitcoin, the world’s best-known cryptocurrency has experienced peaks and troughs rarely seen before in economic history. Founded in August 2008 as a website, it was initially a place where people could trade digital tokens. Since then, the market for cryptocurrencies has grown exponentially, and now includes an … Continue reading NFTs: Art of the future?

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Business and Technology, Development, Finance and Markets

Central Bank Digital Currencies: catalyst for financial inclusion?

Evolution of Money Traditionally, money is a metal token or a slip of paper symbolising a value of credit based upon people’s trust in it. Its three primary functions (store of value, means of exchange, and unit of measurement) have been served by constantly evolving means for 3000 years. The latest in this evolution is the digital currency. Unlike any type of currency to precede … Continue reading Central Bank Digital Currencies: catalyst for financial inclusion?

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Business and Technology, UK

The Effects of Nationalisation on the British Coal Industry

Although Britain had defeated the Axis Powers in the Second World War, the country was falling from its status as the world’s sole economic heavyweight. 1945 was the second consecutive year that GDP per capita had fallen. Influenced by economists like William Beveridge and John Maynard Keynes, British economic policy operated under the guidance of the “Post-War Consensus”. From the end of the Second World … Continue reading The Effects of Nationalisation on the British Coal Industry

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Business and Technology, Environment, UK

The Future of the UK’s Sustainable Automotive Industry: Can it save us from a double-dip recession?

On the 18th of November 2020, Boris Johnson announced his Ten Point Plan to drive the UK’s ‘green industrial revolution’, an ambitious plan with reforms in many high-carbon industries such as electricity and transportation. With the predictions that unemployment could reach 2.6 million by mid-2021 along with the fears of a double-dip recession, we may ask whether such costly reforms are currently appropriate, given the … Continue reading The Future of the UK’s Sustainable Automotive Industry: Can it save us from a double-dip recession?

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Business and Technology, International

Can Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrencies save the Internet of Things?

The world of technology and science is mutable and ever-changing. Therefore, businesses and the structure of society adapt to these developments in order to maximise profits: they are closely interconnected. The future of the internet is the Internet of Things (IoT), which is defined as “the interconnection via the internet of computing devices embedded in everyday objects, enabling them to send and receive data.” For … Continue reading Can Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrencies save the Internet of Things?

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