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Green finance: how competition can bring polluting firms into the fold
No company wants to be the dirtiest on the block. If there were a clear and consistent way to gauge and reward skills, ideas and thinking, even the most polluting firms would find the will and the funds to decarbonise
5 things executives need to know about AI and machine learning
Financial services firms expect significant growth in their use of machine learning, but are already having problems implementing it at scale. Professor Marcin Kacperczyk untangles the knot for business leaders
Bankers knew the risks they were taking before the 2008 crisis
Top executives of US banks that experienced huge losses in the 2008 crisis sold their own shares well before the crisis hit
Stocks favoured by socially conscious investors fared better during the COVID crash
Firms favoured by socially conscious investors experienced reduced stock market losses during the March 2020 stock market crash
The case for a COVID-19 carbon tax
A carbon tax could both help pay for the enormous costs of the pandemic and encourage “clean” investment. Crucially, it should be levied in a few years’ time, when the UK economy has begun to recover
Does economic reporting affect business cycles?
New research suggests newspaper reporting might be used to spot recessions early
Coronavirus: will inflation make a comeback after the crisis?
Central banks are buying huge quantities of government bonds, but these aren’t “printing money” or “helicopter drops”, they are helping in greatly stabilising the economy
Coronavirus shows why we should be stress-testing corporations
The economic impact of COVID-19 is sobering, far reaching and changing day to day. But could we have foreseen it?
How to hit net-zero carbon: reshaping capital markets to encourage green investment
Climate targets will only be reached if we promote green investment in low carbon infrastructure and long-term green skills, ideas and thinking.
Objective unfairness: the impact of machine learning on mortgage lending decisions
Technology has a tendency to amplify pre-existing inequities, but how far does machine learning extend these biases to mortgage approvals?
Did US road-building in Iraq lead to an increase in terrorism?
PhD student Tamar Gomez has been analysing US war logs and digital maps to understand the surprising effects of road building in war-torn Iraq on levels of violence against civilians in the years 2003 to 2016
Brazil’s (and the world’s) climate conundrum
Can Brazil become an example to other countries in attracting essential foreign investment for climate initiatives without sacrificing its stock of natural resources?