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Countering Hate Speech with Free Speech

On November 21 the British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen delivered a keynote address on the occasion of being honored with the International Leadership Award from the Anti-Defamation League, an organization...

Michael Shermer | 6 Apr 2020

Silk in the Atlantic World – a dream unravelled?

How we understand and respond to failure is one of the most defining features of how our lives pan out. Some people refuse to fail. Some people expect to fail. Some people always hide from their own failings...

Ben Marsh | 3 Apr 2020

Global Governmental vs Non-Governmental Approaches to Health Crises

Alexandru Grigorescu, author of 'The Ebb and Flow of Global Governance', on the international response to public health crises

Alexandru Grigorescu | 2 Apr 2020

Patent Cultures

Has patent harmonization come to a standstill?  Just days ago, Britain reversed its decision to participate in the European Union’s new Unified Patent Court.  Why did it happen?  And what does this...

Steven Wilf, Graeme Gooday | 26 Mar 2020

REASON AND CAUSE

Reason and cause are never newsworthy but always timely. They are responsible behind the scenes for all scientific, technological, and medical advances, and play a major role in our economic and social...

24 Mar 2020

Big Finance and Big Sustainable Development: Catalysing Overseas Development Aid through the Private Sector

Interest in sustainable financing and how the private sector can incorporate and catalyse economic, social and environmental priorities into international financial flows is growing fast. Using Private...

Kinnari I. Bhatt | 24 Mar 2020

30,000 new foods you haven’t tried yet

Humans have yet to explore Planet Earth in terms of what it can offer that is good to eat. “Food can give full rein to humanity’s imagination, dreams and ideas. It can prevent war and secure our future...

Julian Cribb | 23 Mar 2020

Nigeria’s Role in World War II Unearthed

“Though we are but poor farmers by trade, we are quite prepared to render any assistance which may come to our reach to our British Government who is fighting for world peace.”– Ututu Clan Executive...

Chima J. Korieh | 23 Mar 2020

Some Questions to Ask Before Disenfranchising Prisoners

In 2005, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found the United Kingdom in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights for indiscriminately disenfranchising its prisoners. For over a decade,...

Shai Dothan | 20 Mar 2020

A People’s Music: Jazz in East Germany, 1945-1990

Imagine. It’s 1965, you’re at home in on Prenzlauer Berg, the Berlin Wall is visible from your window, and you’re having friends over to your flat. Someone brings the latest Thelonious Monk record,...

Helma Kaldewey | 19 Mar 2020

Living in the Algorithmic Age

Algorithms are sometimes compared to cathedrals, in that they share the same ambition, and the same folly. Some algorithms, such as telephone operating systems, data management systems, or search engines,...

Serge Abiteboul, Gilles Dowek | 19 Mar 2020

Law and Order in the Economy: The End of a Paradigm and the Rebirth of an Old One

It started and ended in Chile! This might be the introductory sentence to an economic history of our times. After the 1973 military coup the “Chicago Boys”, a group of Chilean economists educated by...

Poul F. Kjaer | 18 Mar 2020