It’s curious to note how many champions for the truth have emerged to publish “needed” info about this or that labour front ranker. One can only admire their assiduity till one...

Oliver Friggieri last wrote to me a mere three weeks prior to his sad demise. Not to complain about his lingering health issues. Nor to refer me, as he often did, to some new publication of his that...

“The GDP measures everything except that which makes life worthwhile.” This was stated by Robert Kennedy at the University of Kansas 52 years ago in what is known as his GDP...

The world is passing through the strangest times, some of its darkest times. Made darker by people like Donald Trump who, heading the most spotlit position in the world, has made a mockery of...

Four days after Malta attained its independence, Oliver Friggieri and I and some 40 other young men entered we would say today quarantine in a big building some doors away from Oliver’s home in...

Not just a life, but a lifetime of privilege was the going trade with Joseph Muscat, his circle of playmates and the likes of Joe Cuschieri, who finally got around to resigning from the specially...

Many successful economies around the world are characterised by a high level of investment in research and innovation. This is not a coincidence. Economies that invest in research and innovation reap...

At times of economic uncertainty, debates about more taxes, less taxes, become more intense... especially regarding consumption and production taxes. When firms and families are experiencing a...

“I got used to teleworking. I can access the work network and data, and a lot of work is being carried out virtually. Filing is then carried out when we are in the office. In cases such as mine,...

The jolly season is not as jolly this time. While we can still put the ‘gulbiena’ in the dark and maybe take out a few decorations, we know that we will not be sharing our homes as we did...