David A. Savage

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People take shelter during the floods in Mozambique. Antonio Silva/EPA

More people in Africa need to be insured against natural disasters

Matthew Abunyewah, University of Newcastle; David A. Savage, University of Newcastle; Kim Maund, University of Newcastle; Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie, University of Southern Queensland; Seth Asare Okyere, Osaka University, and Thayaparan Gajendran, University of Newcastle

While disaster insurance would go a long way in averting losses, demand for cover is still lower than expected.
A marathon on Mount Everest. Increasing numbers of people scaling the world’s tallest peak are changing the culture among climbers. EPA/Himex

Because it is there: commercialising Mount Everest

David A. Savage, Queensland University of Technology and Benno Torgler, Queensland University of Technology

On May 15, 2006, a mere 300 metres from the summit of Everest, [David Sharp sat just off the climbing route dying](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sharp_(mountaineer), starved of oxygen, slowly drowning…

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