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It has long been suspected that the middle class would one day disappear. Still, nowadays, with crippling inflation and millennials faced with the struggle of being unable to become property owners, this long-suspected…
Georgia has been experiencing a sharp political polarization in recent years. This will have a significant impact on the democratic development and international direction of the country.
In the previous article “First. The Rise of Javier Milei (Part 2)”, I elaborated on the workings of the so-called Cantillon effect. For the sake of conciseness, I left some common misconceptions untouched.
In an era in which sensitivities are changing and equality has become increasingly important, we are starting to realize that it is definitely not simple to flawlessly blend in free speech and inclusivity.
Turkey, straddling the crossroads of Europe and Asia, has historically been a melting pot of cultures and civilizations.
People dislike being ordered around, dislike not having the freedom to do what they want, dislike others having more rights and privileges than they do.
It is a commonly held belief that colleges cultivate progressive ideas, with their campuses being filled with students who are often sheltered and spend their time studying theoretical concepts with little exposure to practical…
Stadiums in the United States are not only filled by the likes of Patriots, Nets, or Warriors fans. Seats are filled and stadiums are left sold out by colleges.
Having previously examined the Argentine economic history and its role in paving the way for Javier Milei's meteoric rise (see part 1), it is time to scrutinize the most important and controversial puzzle pieces of Milei's…
19th November 2023 marked a big day for the free-market movement. For the first time, a libertarian president was elected to the highest public office.
Free speech is one of the most fundamental rights in any liberal society. It allows individuals to express their opinions, beliefs, and ideas without fear of censorship or persecution.
Not intended to rob readers of the scarce good called “time”, I must start off by stressing that the event is almost fully held in German.
As you lay in bed, your home - the place you hold dearest - was destroyed in the middle of the night.
The People’s Bank of China has the main goals of maintaining financial stability and fostering economic growth in the country.
For decades African countries have had concerns about conserving biodiversity, especially megafauna and predators.
Is it all right for students to know more about how the Romans made business, than about basic economic concepts?
In a country like Italy where according to the media a widespread phenomenon of neoliberalism is forcefully acquiring more and more pieces of the economy, in this article, we will discuss political parties appointing people in…
Its origins trace back to ancient Greece, where the word first appeared with Herodotus (484
In the last few days, there has been much talking regarding the possible ban of the social media app TikTok in the United States.
In August of 2022, President Biden announced that he would be taking executive action under the Heroes Act to cancel student debt, an effort to make good on his campaign promise.
Immanuel Kant is widely considered to be one of the most influential philosophers of the modern era, and his ideas have had a profound impact on the development of liberalism as a political and social philosophy.
One of the most characteristic features of the 21st-century West is the rise of moral self-elevation thought.
01.06.2004 – Top Georgian TV channels broadcast a man with a noticeable appearance descending from a Russian airplane in Tbilisi International Airport.
The internet, as we know, has revolutionised many aspects of social life, and has consequently brought changes to the world of politics too.
Do our entertainment preferences change? It seems like a trivial question because, as our world develops, our problems and understanding develop with it.
The title of this article may seem weirdly worded for a lot of people. «Pardon my French, sir, but what the f@ck is there to be optimistic about the climate?» I hear most people say. Well, most people would be right.
The covid-19 pandemic gave rise to a plethora of conflicts and mixed feelings among the population and the political elite.
In the private sector, there is always a preestablished success test for any endeavor. Businesses must make a profit. Employees must generate revenue.
Although Chinese funding in Africa is well-received to the general public, the motives that encourage such generous investments are opaque.
The failure of mainstream economists to timely anticipate the Great Recession of 2008 motivated young economists to explore alternative approaches to business cycles.
The recent announcement by Joe Biden about his intentions to promote a bill aimed at revolutionizing tax law for corporations begs the question of who the real disenfranchised subjects in contemporary democracies are.
In a small town close to the Swiss-German border sits one of Europe’s best kept secrets: a house on the main street, built for craftsmen in the early 20th century, stays unnoticed by most that pass by it.
When Burma (also known as Myanmar after 1989) became independent from the United Kingdom in 1948, it was a poor country destroyed by World War II, in an increasingly bellicose region of the world: China and India were resolving…
In 1871, a new approach to economics – especially in what concerns exchange and distribution – was eloquently presented by two economists: the Austrian Carl Menger and the British Stanley Jevons.
“When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.” – Thomas Jefferson
Many bibliophiles struggle to give a satisfying answer. Despite accumulating an average of nine years of TV viewing by the age of 65, the success of other media forms cannot be the sole cause of the decline in reading.
In 1974, Friedrich Von Hayek, one of the most influential representatives of liberalism, won the Nobel prize in Economics for his contribution to the analysis of the interdependences between economic and social phenomena.
Last month, an unprecedented financial event took place in which retail investors unified to beat the big, scary hedge fund managers at their own game.
Should a party adapt to the ideas of the voters or should it lead and be followed by them?
The Brazilian economy is a living paradox: bizarre, unapproachable phenomena have taken place here since time immemorial.
Paraguay is a landlocked country in the heart of South America, with a considerably smaller population and economy than its neighbors Argentina and Brazil.
East Africa is a place of astounding beauty; the Great Rift Valley of Kenya and the Semien Mountain Range of Ethiopia are unique natural wonders.
The latest years have been characterized with a rise of social turmoil as well as an increase in awareness of various social justice movements.
Unfortunately for its critics, Macroeconomics is yet to die. However, it is true that its foundations were profoundly shaken by the financial crisis: mainstream economists were unable to predict the bust and were able to…
Over the last days newsreels worldwide have exploded with the news and subsequent commentary of Trump’s leaked phone call with Georgia’s secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, where the sitting president appeared to pressure the…
While the world was concentrating on the pandemics and the US elections, on November 15th, 2020 15 countries signed a free trade agreement, called RCEP.
How the transformation of the national tobacco business opens up the opportunity for a new, economic-liberal Cuba
In 2002, on the occasion of the ninetieth birthday of Milton Friedman, the just appointed FED governor Ben Bernanke famously declared that Friedman’s diagnosis of the Great Depression was right.
The US and Israel’s positive diplomatic relations stem from the founding of Israel itself, but recent administrations and politicians tested this special relationship.
Besides being one of the most brilliant economists of the twentieth century, Milton Friedman was also an excellent communicator, understood by the specialists of the field and the laymen who watched him on tv alike.
On 26 April, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced at a press conference the measures to contain the Covid-19 emergency in “phase two”.
“Who are Huawei’s main stakeholders? What are their interests?” are incredibly challenging concerns that are yet to be answered despite the numerous efforts from both scholars and business experts.
The COVID-19 crisis has reignited the never fully settled debate over Italy's membership of the euro area.
In the last few days, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, and other European countries have decided to apply substantial measures to alleviate uncertainty and speculations in the markets shaken by the Coronavirus epidemic.
Since 1898 [1] , the National Social Security Institute had never had to face an epidemic of this kind. That much we understand.
Global indices have hit a rough patch, to say the least. The S&P 500 dropped 7% (or more) against the previous days’ close on four separate occasions during the last two weeks, prompting the first (of three) level circuit…
“ At least half of the ventilators from the Consip tender will be delivered after the emergency is over .”
Even in the United States, the world’s leading exponent of capitalism, the so-called paternalistic function of the state is present and deeply rooted.
One of the few certainties in the quarrelsome world of the history of economic thought is that Adam Smith fathered the free-market ideal in economics. Or at least it was, until recently.
The Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States, created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act.
First, the facts: from today, the Italian Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) will have the power (and we are sure it will use it) to access every financial relationship between each Italian taxpayer and their bank during 2013…
The fight between Uber and taxi drivers has by now spilled over into society and the media. Everyone knows Uber, the smartphone app that lets any customer book a ride and anyone with a car step into the shoes of a taxi driver.
From Friday to Sunday last week the Warwick Economics Summit took place , one of the largest student-run economics events: three packed days of talks attended by speakers and students from all over the world, including a…
In 2014 the European Central Bank adopted a strongly expansionary monetary policy that resulted in negative interest rates on interbank deposits .
For those who don’t remember, the title refers to Gabriel García Márquez’s novel in which everyone knew what was going to happen except the victim (perhaps).
Quantamental investing is a new investment strategy combining fundamental evaluation performed by analysts, which is based on subjective “qualitative” parameters, with quantitative data gathered by algorithms and AI systems.
What is striking about the spectacle Europe witnessed during the Catalan referendum is not the events themselves.
If Star Wars was born in the 1970s from George Lucas’s visionary idea, the story of Bitcoin also begins “ a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” .
For Venezuela, 20 May will not be a Sunday like any other. For the first time since 1998, the parties of the historic opposition to Hugo Chávez will not field their own candidate in the presidential election.
Hong Kong’s flag has a red background, like China’s, and out of that bright red emerges a white flower, a bauhinia, with stylised petals that conceal stars, stars like those on the Chinese flag.
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