EU vs. Google: When Goliath Pretends to be David
The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into Google to ascertain whether or not the company’s operating system, applications, and services have breached...
Silk Road Fund debuts in Pakistan
China’s $40-billion Silk Road Fund for investment, part of the nation’s commitment to the Belt and Road initiative, announced its first project on April...
Is it time for the rise of local currencies?
It's an almost long forgotten historical fact that most trade was undertaken by local based currencies right upto the 20th Century. Australia had a...
Modern Mitteleuropa: differences and similarities in the Visegrad Group
The paper highlights the similarities and differences in the development paths of the four so called Visegrad countries (Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, leaving...
Germany’s sickly economy
“Be more like us” say German policymakers to their EU partners. But Philippe Legrain warns that appearances can be deceptive as Germany suffers from...
Five steps for closing the transatlantic productivity gap
American companies embraced new information technologies 20 years ago, while Europeans are still hesitating. Bruno Maçães sets out a digital catch-up strategy. ...
Je Suis(se) HSBC! – The austerity odd or ad?
While the wealthy evade billions in taxes, ordinary citizens continue to bear the burden of budget cuts. Meanwhile, those who resist are punished for...
Blame Germany If Europe Implodes
The Greeks have received all the blame for the crisis, but the bankers in Frankfurt deserve the lion’s share of the culpability for making...
Fair Trade – an alternative made to Aid and Free Trade?
“Trade not Aid”: this used to be the slogan of third-worldist movements in the mid-1960s, an epoch when intellectual figures in the Third World...
We are 99% too many on this planet – 1% is fat and furious
Escalating inequality is the work of a global elite that will resist every challenge to its vested interests. Even the extremely asocial CEOs and...