The Two Tales of the Twenty-twenties
There is general acceptance of two modern-day behemoths: looming global recession and the boundless economic potential of artificial...
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Indigo Hemingway
- Sep 22, 2022
- 5 min
Covid and the Cushion of Riches
Economics is not abstract; it is the most real. Economic policy has the potential to directly impact the livelihoods of millions of...
Julia Collado Serrano
- Dec 20, 2021
- 4 min
Bolsonaro’s Crimes Against Humanity
The Covid-19 pandemic has taken a terrible toll on Brazil. In April, the country suffered the highest number of deaths of any nation on...
Inga Steenblock
- Dec 13, 2021
- 5 min
Tertiary Institutions in Australia: Education or Industry?
While individuals across the world and all sectors of society have suffered hardships because of the COVID-19 pandemic, personal...
Matej Vanko
- Nov 10, 2021
- 6 min
Changes to the EU’s fiscal policies – paving the way for a Sovereign Debt Crisis 2.0?
It goes without saying that the Covid-19 pandemic has been the topic of the last two years. However, the negative indirect impact on the...
Stella Botta
- Nov 9, 2021
- 6 min
Sharing Covid-19 vaccines: a duty of Western countries?
Since the pandemic’s start, it has always been clear which countries would have had a head start in their vaccination campaign and...
Elisabeth Hoole
- Oct 6, 2021
- 5 min
To End the Pandemic, We Must End Vaccine Apartheid
In May 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) director announced that the world had reached a situation of ‘vaccine apartheid’ – where...
Mina Marie Schmidt
- Sep 19, 2021
- 6 min
The “God-Given Solution to Promiscuity”: Temporary Marriages in Modern Shi’i Iran
*quoted by Ruhollah Khomeini, founder and president of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 1980-1988 Covid cases are reaching an all-time...
Meriç Özsüer
- May 24, 2021
- 7 min
“Zoom” -ing in Online Education: The Ideal Way of Learning?
After the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic around December 2019, our lives have been drastically changed, regardless of which...
Ornella Lupoi
- Apr 26, 2021
- 5 min
A flexible rearrangement
The office. The place where deals are made, solutions are found, top decisions are taken… where company identity is created, and the...
Julia Collado Serrano
- Apr 14, 2021
- 5 min
Major Setbacks in Europe’s Approach to Vaccination
The global financial crisis, the refugee wave, Greece’s sovereign debt crisis, Brexit – even the greatest optimist cannot deny that the...
Roosa Näveri
- Apr 8, 2021
- 5 min
The Tokyo Olympics: A Light of Hope or Another Lost Dream?
COVID-19 left the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese authorities with little choice but to postpone the Tokyo 2020...
Nadia Winona
- Mar 15, 2021
- 3 min
The Dilemma of Vaccination Passports
The use of vaccine passes aren’t without precedent – in the 1920s, most American schools required proof of smallpox vaccination from...
Luca Corrado Esposito
- Nov 26, 2020
- 5 min
A “small” European solidarity gift
Italy has been one of the most harshly affected European countries after the escalation of the coronavirus pandemic. The virus has...
Elisabeth Hoole
- Nov 4, 2020
- 6 min
Why are Western Countries more unsuccessful than East Asian countries in battling the Coronavirus?
Contrary to its usual status of superiority, Western countries have been hit particularly hard by the Coronavirus, with around 9 million...
Roosa Näveri
- Nov 3, 2020
- 5 min
112 Long Days of Hibernation: The Story of Melbourne’s COVID-19 Battle So Far
The second wave of toilet paper hoarding hit Australia in late June, and purchase limits were reintroduced in the country’s biggest...
Stefania-Ruxandra Pilă
- Sep 30, 2020
- 6 min
Asymmetry: The Disproportionate Effects of Covid-19 on Women
The invasive nature of the Covid-19 pandemic does not rest solely on biological factors: it has abruptly influenced vital areas of our...
Katja Komazec
- Sep 15, 2020
- 6 min
The Impact of COVID-19 Restrictions on Science Distrust
As the panic wanes, many are becoming critical of the strict restrictions governments imposed this spring to slow the spread of...
Nadia Winona
- Jul 24, 2020
- 5 min
Should Americans “Europeanize” their response strategy?
Towards the end of March this year, the weekly jobless claims in the United States increased by 1000% during the first bout of the...
Miguel Adan Marquez
- Jul 22, 2020
- 4 min
Eurobonds: strife in the union
From the moment the first coronavirus cases where reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan, many realized that its impact on the world’s...
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