“The Gold Rush Among the Stars: Trillionaires and Asteroid Mining” by Vinayak Kalra
“Bound by Irrationality: Pride & Prejudice” by Anagha Gopinath
“The $120K Banana: Defining Value in the Art World” by Alizeh Razvi
“When Technology Expires” by Isha Trivedi
Only 1 in every 5 countries in the UN-defined Middle East-North Africa Region is democratic, with that number dropping to 1 in every 11 states which are fully democratic in practice. Out of the non-democratic remainder, the Islamic Republic of Iran has consistently made headlines for being the pinnacle of authoritarianism and false democracy for decades in the western world [...]
Read MoreWhether it is to become healthier, to save more and spend less, or to finally get your life organized, now is the time that those New Year’s resolutions are put to the test. If you are one among the 91% of us, you may not have had to look far because you can just recycle a failed resolution from past years. Luckily this time, that resolution can stick with some determination and a couple of lessons from behavioral economics.
Read MoreThe world is facing a fundamental threat to the labour market, and therefore to the livelihood of nearly every individual in society. While technology advancements are praised for increasing productivity, that very increase provides incentives for employers to switch from human labour to technological capital, potentially creating mass structural unemployment. If this is the future we face, how can we ensure that the gains from increased production are not only profiting business leaders at the expense of the common worker? There is a possible economic solution currently taking centre stage [...]
Read MoreOn October 1st, 2017, centuries of cultural and political conflict boiled over as Catalans voted for independence from the rest of Spain. [...]
Read MoreHow much wealth is truly being offshored? How easy is it for one to place wealth offshore? And how do these practices remain largely legal? [...]
Read MoreAfter 23 years of trilateral trade via the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), pressure invoked by US President Donald Trump’s “America First” perspective in renegotiations has shrouded its future in uncertainty [...]
Read MoreOn October 24, 2017, 2280 delegates representing the Communist Party of China’s 89 million members met in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The purpose of such a gathering? [...]
Read MoreDuring the final years of Obama’s presidency, the relations between Russia and the United States were strained if not downright hostile. Putin’s government saw the Obama administration as a barrier to many of his interests, due to Obama’s sanctions on Russia over its annexation of Crimea as well as his support of rebels in the Syrian Civil War.
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