Demanding cash from customers, paying workers ‘cash in hand’, or not declaring all sales are the most common examples of the 43,000 tip-offs received by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) in the 2021–22 financial year. The […] ATO reveals most dobbed-in industries […]
Australian consumers’ choices on websites and apps are being manipulated through online designs taking advantage of their weaknesses. That’s according to research on consumers’ online experiences and the presentation of websites and apps, released by Hidden costs, manipulation, forced continuity: report reveals how Australian consumers are being duped online […]
Gavin Brown, University of Liverpool; Richard Whittle, UCL, and Stuart Mills, London School of Economics and Political Science If you had invested £100 (US$122) in the cryptocurrency Luna a month ago, you might have been Cryptocurrencies: why they’ve crashed and what it could mean for their future […]
Nearly two-thirds of tech, media and telecommunications businesses experienced some form of fraud, the highest incidence of any industry Forty six percent (46%) of organisations reported experiencing fraud or financial crime over the last 24 Fraudsters target tech – two-thirds experienced fraud in past 2 years, PwC report states […]
The British government has responded to criticisms of its lassitude in targeting “dirty money” laundered by foreign elites through UK property by introducing the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act. The act, passed on March Unexplained wealth orders: how is the British law changing and will it stop dirty money circulating in London? […]
The Chinese President’s zeal in tackling corruption provides a unique opportunity to observe formerly opaque relationships between politicians and their corporate beneficiaries – and how they can backfire. Since coming to power, Chinese President Xi As Xi Jinping acts on corruption, the dynamics of rent-seeking are laid bare […]
Note: The following article contains spoilers about “Squid Game.” In the hit Netflix series Squid Game, players participate in deadly children’s games in order to win prize money. By some fishy calculation, the players’ lives The magical realism of ‘Squid Game’ shows the contradictions of funny money and dodgy contract […]