Researchers Warn that Global Economic Growth may Stagnate
According to an interdisciplinary group of scientists, the heady days of rapidly rising prosperity may be coming to an end. Developed democracies, in particular, appear…
Business
Walmart Expands its Home Services Offerings via New Partnership with Angi
Walmart is diversifying its offerings to include home services. Walmart has launched a new relationship with Angi (formerly Angie’s List) that would make service professionals…
Unpacking the UBS-Wealthfront Deal
UBS, the Swiss banking giant, said earlier today that it would buy venture-backed robo-advisor Wealthfront for $1.4 billion in cash. Wealthfront is one of a…
Collective Bargaining – a Negotiation of Employment Terms
Collective bargaining is the process of negotiating employment terms between an employer and a group of workers. It is a process of negotiating agreements between…
Lessons from a Fintech Founder Solving for C by going B2B
Fintech entrepreneurs that set out to tackle major consumer problems nearly always do so with the finest of intentions: they want to benefit people. However,…
Hard Cash and Soft Skills How Successfully Manage an Acquisition
Acquisitions are made for a variety of reasons by businesses. It is sometimes about filling a gap in a product roadmap, increasing market share, or…
Three Experiments for Early-Stage Founders Seeking Product-Market fit
We have a pre-seed and seed-stage investment fund, a venture studio, and an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) program at Human Ventures. We have learned a…
European, North American Edtech Startups See Funding Triple in 2021
The edtech ecosystem may have compared to a shallow well as late as 2019. There were just a few growing enterprises generating interest, and funding…
Fintech Roundup Better.Com Workers leaving in ‘Droves’ in Wake of CEO Vishal Garg’s Return
Hello and welcome to my new weekly fintech column. It is an exciting time to be a journalist covering financial technology. Aside from the fact…
Anarchist Economics – a Practice of Economic Activity
Anarchy, derived from a Greek phrase that means “having no ruler,” is a belief system that rejects governmental authority in favor of self-government or community…
Participatory Economics – an Economic System
Participatory Economics is a proposed alternative to our current economic system for a new economy based on democracy, justice, and ecological sustainability. It is a…
Public Bad – in Economics
A public bad has negative impacts (externalities) on people and communities, resulting in severe social welfare loss. In economics, a public bad is the symmetrical…
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