The economics of sleep | World Finance

The economics of sleep | World Finance

In 2014, the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared sleep disorders a “public health epidemic”; two years later, the World Health Organisation released a study, Sleep Problems: An Emerging Global Epidemic? Roll on a decade, and the world is finally starting to take note. Sleep trackers, wearable devices, digitised mattresses and sleep … Read more

Pandemics and economics: The price of being unprepared

Pandemics and economics: The price of being unprepared

The world is on the verge of Disease X pandemic outbreak. Yes, the sound of it may pass as the stuff that can only be found in science-fiction blockbuster movies or bestseller novels. It also has the potential to cause panic, even anger. Yet, the World Health Organisation (WHO), which has increasingly been talking about … Read more