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Tuesday 18/September/2018 15:20 PM

The siren song of left-wing populism

Social democratic parties around the world are struggling. In France’s 2017 presidential election, the candidate for the Socialists – once the...

Tuesday 18/September/2018 15:18 PM

Has Putin’s popularity bubble burst?

From controlling the media to stoking nationalism, Russian President Vladimir Putin has always known how to keep his approval ratings high. But Russians’...

Tuesday 18/September/2018 15:07 PM

The global economy’s fundamental weakness

When Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy ten years ago, it suddenly became unclear who owed what to whom, who couldn’t pay their debts, and who would go...

Tuesday 18/September/2018 14:45 PM

Merkel takes a gamble with new immigration law

Chancellor Angela Merkel hopes a new immigration law will make it easier for foreign workers to find jobs in Germany, but her push to fill a record number...

Monday 17/September/2018 15:34 PM

What is threatening science?

Scientific knowledge and technological innovation, as Yuval Noah Harari emphasizes in his book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, are among the key...

Monday 17/September/2018 15:17 PM

Bachelet vs. Bolton

On September 1, Michelle Bachelet, the former president of Chile, took office as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Her long record of...

Monday 17/September/2018 14:58 PM

Education in the age of automation

As digital technologies and automation have advanced, fears about workers’ futures have increased. But, the end result does not have to be negative. The...