“Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Money* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)”
If you followed the news lately, you might have read about government stimulus plans around the world. What’s stunning however are not the plans themselves,…
Coronavirus risk and exposure of Eastern Europe
On 6th May 2020, the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) held a webinar, focusing on the topic of Covid epidemic’s fallout on Central…
Digital Beauty
Would it be possible to have a fully digital art gallery? Back in 2006, Germano Celant, the father of the Italian art movement Arte Povera…
Setting the Sun on the British Empire
‘To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s’. In this line from Crime and Punishment, Dostoyevsky evokes…
Coronavirus: Re-emergence of the Sovereign
The sovereign is the one who decides on the exception. Coronavirus is today’s exception. The COVID-19 pandemic which is gripping the world has induced states…
The Resilience of the Chinese Government in Face of Coronavirus
Early in 2020, the Chinese government was facing a serious legitimacy crisis after the Wuhan government was found to conceal the Coronavirus outbreak. By the…
Too much too soon? Germany’s audacious Coronavirus wager
In its effort to strike a balance, the country might be treading on thin ice. It’s been two weeks since German chancellor Angela Merkel gave…
Is AI the next step in human evolution?
The aim of this article is to understand the implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the modern world. From a historic point of view, we…
One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Treasure: Why You Should Care About Your Data
In Hansel and Gretel, two children are lured into the candy-coated home of a deceitful witch. In exchange for doing household chores, the witch fattens…
Between Authoritarianism and Democracy: What’s the Right Way to Fight the Virus?
Amidst the unstoppable news wave regarding the Coronavirus pandemic, the gaze of the world has now shifted to some of the major Western democracies. Having…
Does It Require A Pandemic to End Hungarian Democracy?
As in many other EU countries fighting against the Coronavirus, Hungary has declared a state of emergency in mid-March, granting the government additional powers in…
The cost of freedom in times of a pandemic. Reminiscences of Albania’s troubled history
During my final year of high school, I went on exchange to China, to a school affiliated with Renmin University in Beijing. Italian students were…
The End of Medusa?
On February 23, a 3-minute video with the title “Be A Lady They Said” was published on Instagram and soon after went viral across the…
What we are missing on inequality. Italy’s case study
When dealing with the issue of inequality we often approach the problem in the wrong way. We end up discussing about the inequalities as outputs…
Art Basel Hong Kong 2020: pragmatism hiding behind idealism?
2020 is off to a bit of a rocky start to put it lightly: from Australia’s environmental disaster to the threat of a global conflict…
