Posted on March 28, 2015. Tags: BDS, economy, European Union, Israel, israeli economy, Israeli election, Netanyahu, Obama, Palestinian Israeli Conflict, Palestinians, UN
Almost everybody thinks badly of Israel. That’s what a poll published by the BBC World Service in 2014 shows. More precisely, Israel ranks as the fourth most negatively viewed nation, right after North Korea, Pakistan and Iran. What explains the differences between European and American views on Israel, and how does such an overall negative […]
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Posted in Conflict, Economics, Israel, Israeli Palestinian Conflict, Middle East, Political Security, Security Issues, World
Posted on February 16, 2015. Tags: austerity, current account surplus, Economics, euro, exports, Germany, greece, grexit, international trade
With Greek debt negotiations reaching a critical point, it may be time for a reminder that there are more problems within the eurozone than just southern European debt. Austerity rightly remains firmly in the headlines, but looking beyond the struggles in Athens reveals that economic changes may be needed further north. Indeed, while the new […]
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Posted in Economic Security, Economics, Europe, Germany, Global Economy, World
Posted on April 15, 2014. Tags: change, children, colleges, creativity, degrees, Education, employment, finland, Industrial, ken, learning, literature, reforms, Revolution, robinson, school, sir, standardized, Students, testing, the, thinking, World
It is widely believed that the most influential era ever to be blessed by the infinite capacities of the human brain was the Industrial Revolution. With the world revolving around the sudden purge of development, everything began to be constituted along the blueprint of the infrastructure of the Industrial Revolution. The process of standardizing all […]
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Posted in Culture, Economics, Education, Europe, Global Economy
Posted on January 21, 2015. Tags: China, Corruption, Economics, Graft, Growth, India, Modi, Politics, Poverty, wealth, World Bank
As anyone who has spent any length of time travelling in India will attest, it is a country of stark contrasts. In few ways is this more obvious than the vast disparities in wealth between 500 million of India’s total 1.27 billion citizens living on less than $1.25 per day and a small but increasingly wealthy elite […]
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Posted in Asia, Economic Security, Economics, Food Security, Global Economy, India, Uncategorized, World
Posted on February 11, 2015. Tags: austerity, bloco esquerda, greece, left bloc, left-wing, podemos, portugal, socialism, spain, syriza
It has been a tumultuous month in European politics. As Greek debt negotiations dominate the headlines, the resurgent left-wing in many European countries waits with baited breath in the realisation that the popularity of their movements may rest on what happens in Athens. It is interesting, however, that while the radical left has enjoyed a […]
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Posted in Economics, Europe, Global Economy, World
Posted on February 7, 2015. Tags: Business, Capitalism, Economics, Ethics, Global considerations, Humanity, Networks, Procrastination, Production, UK Economy, Value, YouGov
Procrastination report just goes to show how we view people as machines. Monday marked the launch of the ‘Great British Procrasti-nation’ report: the first ever in-depth look at the nation’s procrastination habits. I admit I admired the playful pun for a while. It didn’t last long. Based on a YouGov survey of over 2,000 adults, […]
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Posted in Economics, Europe, UK News