Order in the Society of the Useless.
How governments can ensure stability in an AI-driven labour market of the future. In 1775, the invention of the steam engine sparked the...
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Indigo Hemingway
- May 7
- 5 min
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...
Carlo Felician Kouwenhoven
- Mar 7
- 4 min
Man vs. Machine: Why Cooperation is the Best Option
The term ‘technological unemployment’ has long been on the horizon. As early as 1930, John Maynard Keynes described this phenomenon as...
Riad Guliyev
- Feb 19
- 5 min
The Caspian Connector
"To follow the Silk Road is to follow a ghost. It flows through the heart of Asia, but it has officially vanished leaving behind the...
Indigo Hemingway
- Jan 15
- 5 min
China, the Economic Introvert
Seemingly perpetual economic growth and China’s status as an international behemoth may be in question as President Xi Jinping shifts...
Riad Guliyev
- Jan 14
- 5 min
Bitter Stalemate In Money Supply
Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond, Philip Dybvig (© Nobel Prize Outreach/Niklas Elmehed) In 1661 Johan Palmstruch discovered a Midas touch...
Konstantin van Thiel
- Jan 13
- 5 min
A Dying Breed
Farm workers toil in the fields: Agriculture is no longer what it used to be (Source: Shaina Bombase) The typical image of an idyllic...
carlofeliciankouwe
- Dec 1, 2022
- 4 min
Who’s Really Taking Your Money?
“The Culprits Behind Greedflation” We all know the story of Robin Hood. Steal from the rich and give to the poor. The unprecedented...
Ekin Köseoğlu
- Nov 28, 2022
- 4 min
Terror and Tourism: How does terror hurt the economy?
On June 5, 2015, a rally was taking place in Diyarbakır, a city in Eastern Turkey, when an explosion took place. This was the start of a...
Mikołaj Kuczmarski
- Nov 21, 2022
- 5 min
Turmoil in the Safe Haven
It is height of the 1970s energy crisis. Everyone is panicking over the rising price of oil and soaring inflation. They can feel how each...
Santiago Mengual
- Nov 17, 2022
- 7 min
Perpetual Consumption of our Working Days
I. The mechanization of the processes within the pin factory has proven to surpass human competence in almost every labor-intensive...
Konstantin van Thiel
- Nov 13, 2022
- 6 min
Sailing into Dire Straits
COSCO is one of the largest Chinese state-owned shipping lines (Source: Alf van Beem) Paranoia has swept across Europe. Skyrocketing...
Juan Felipe Gaviria
- Oct 9, 2022
- 7 min
The new left in Colombia: A hard promise to keep
Colombia has a new president. Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old ex-guerrilla combatant, ex-mayor of Bogotá, ex-senator and now, even to his...
Economics & Finance
Indigo Hemingway
- May 7
- 5 min
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...
Mira Chandrikasingh
- Apr 3
- 10 min
Risks of Getting Risqué with Replika
AI this, and AI that, the forefront of the conversations currently being had are mostly about the effect AI has and will have on...
Mikołaj Kuczmarski
- Nov 21, 2022
- 5 min
Turmoil in the Safe Haven
It is height of the 1970s energy crisis. Everyone is panicking over the rising price of oil and soaring inflation. They can feel how each...
Timofey Zhalnin
- Sep 23, 2022
- 5 min
Economic Shocks and Reactions as of Today
The short-term effect on the population and financial markets “We live in a time of paradox and uncertainty. It is a paradox that, in a...
Hannah Zhu
- May 1, 2022
- 7 min
The ‘debt-trap diplomacy’ narrative: A look at the other side
The ‘debt trap diplomacy’ narrative has become a defining account of Chinese overseas financing since it was first uttered by the Trump...
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...
Erik Hämäläinen
- Jan 20, 2020
- 4 min
Tax Avoidance – Why Can the Big Companies Keep on Doing it?
The term “tax avoidance” came into public awareness in 2012 when the British MP’s shunned light on Google’s, Amazon’s and Starbucks tax...
Cinthya Nathaly Criollo Quiroz
- Nov 22, 2019
- 5 min
Technology Companies: The Next Global Financial Crisis?
Over the last two decades, technologies have become the most profitable industry in the world, but still the least regulated. For...
Oksana Sokil
- Nov 7, 2019
- 4 min
Netflix and Chill
As the sunny days in Amsterdam are slowly drifting away (in case you were lucky to see those), the demand for a comforting cup of hot...
Göksu Kayaalp
- Oct 21, 2019
- 6 min
Volkswagen Scandal: A Reflection of the German Economic Model ?
The following article is referenced to the Financial Times article: Volkswagen: System Failure by Richard Milne: ...
Achic Lema
- May 7, 2019
- 2 min
Under the Shadow of the Great Recession – Room For Discussion
More on a decade following the most devastating financial crisis since the Great Depression. The effects of a crisis are experienced...
Katja Komazec
- Apr 12, 2019
- 5 min
Microfinance – a Cure or a Disease?
Microfinance in the form of microcredits was born in the 1970s. The original idea of its founder and Nobel prize winner Muhammad Yunus...
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