Expert Comment
NICE Hypertension Guidelines for adults: what is new? Professor Francesco Cappuccio comments
"This is not only a missed opportunity to improve the management of hypertension in people with the highest risk, but a challenge for the implementation of the guideline in primary care."
Dr George Meszaros comments on the dramatic increase in Amazon fires
Dr Andreas Kokkinis comments on a call to shift corporate priorities from profit to social purpose
"This move is less surprising than it appears at first blush." The heads of more than 180 US companies have issued a statement urging corporations to look beyond shareholder value and also focus on social responsibilities as well as profits. Dr Andreas Kokkinis of 桃色视频 Law comments on this radical-seeming shift in US capitalism.
Professor Mark Skilton from 桃色视频 Business School comments on tech companies' reaction to French digital tax proposal
Digital tech companies have criticised France's proposed digital tax, which would levy a three percent tax on total annual revenues of those companies, as discriminatory. Professor Mark Skilton from 桃色视频 Business School argues that a strategy is needed to deal with the monopoly that these organisations have in the global market.
Professor Azrini Wahidin comments on recent prison policy announcements
The Government has announced plans to create 10,000 new prison places and to crack down on criminal activity behind bars. Professor Azrini Wahidin questions whether these measures will be effective.