Rising Interest Rates: The End of the Era of Free Money
Inflation. In the past year, this word has been repeatedly mentioned everywhere in virtually every form of media. Why is everyone talking about it?...
Don’t ask what You can do for Nature… but what Nature can do...
Environmentalists have tirelessly pointed to the global environmental degradation. Many ecosystems such as wetlands, boreal areas and coral reefs have disappeared due to industrialization,...
The Little Things That Matter: Semiconductors and the New Geopolitics of the 21st Century
Whether you have chosen to read this article in a digital or physical medium, it is vital to know that it would not have...
Empowered Women, Empowered Economies
Despite recent studies confirming that gender equality in the workplace is beneficial both in economic and social terms, the global gender pay gap in...
China’s AI-led powerhouse
Amongst the many technological changes shaping the future of the global economy, Artificial Intelligence (AI) developments are presenting the most exciting innovations. From grading...
“We Need The Next Marx!”
By: Thomas Kögler (Guest Writer)
In his magisterial “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” the French economist Thomas Piketty showed that inequality in terms of both...
Power Shifts after Britain’s Drift
By: Maria Lohmann (Guest Writer)
With Brexit looming around the corner, France and Germany will soon be left with the responsibility of filling the power...
Compromises & Constraints: The Keys to The Encryption Debate?
End-to-end (E2E) encryption-the highest publicly available standard for securing digital communications-is under threat from governments concerned about its implications for public safety and security....
Spending too much or too little? The two opposite ends of the EU spectrum
The Italian economy is floating among massive unemployment rates, which especially hit the younger generations: an over-all 11.7% unemployment rates, with a 39.2% rate...
Charter Cities – A Solution for Europe?
As parts of eastern Europe continue to struggle with persistent challenges of emigration and poverty, recent Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Romer’s concept of...
