ELfR Podcast: China, a counterweight to Russia or a threat to the West?
A discussion with China expert Enrico Fode As China tries to maintain a balance between Russia and the west, what are the likely scenarios in…
Najciekawsze pomysły o UE w tej chwili przychodzą z Polski
Gazeta Wyborcza: Europa jest chora. Nie ma jednego lekarstwa Wygląda na to, że najciekawsze pomysły w tej chwili przychodzą z Polski, podczas gdy starzy członkowie Unii sa w stanie rozterki.
Forthcoming education announcement by Apple, expected to cover etextbooks.
Jason D. O’Grady on ZD Net: Publishers to use digital textbooks to kill resale market discusses the forthcoming education announcement by Apple, expected to cover etextbooks. My take: 1. Self-publishing…
Economist: Save the City
In the leader Save the City, the Economist (1 January 2012) comes to the defence of the City, London’s financial market, decrying that “Britain is the home of the world’s…
Pakistan and the US
Council for Foreign Relations writes about Pakistani Media and anti-Americanism: “U.S.-Pakistan ties deteriorated significantly in the past year, and the anti-American rhetoric in Pakistani media (NYT), especially television, reached a…
Harry Potter economy
You need jobs and a strong economy first, before you can pay off debts and reduce the deficit. Depression is not the time to set money aside, where is it…
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The Economist on Joseph Stiglitz’s The Book of Jobs
The Economist blog Free Exchange: Lessons of the 1930s comments on Joseph Stiglitz’s The Book of Jobs in Vanity Fair. Here is my comment: Interesting that the author has found…
Beppe Severgnini: A word of advice for my nervous German friends
Italian journalist Beppe Severgnini asks the Germans to be less nervous in the Financial Times and the Corriere della Sera (in English). I can see why the Germans are close…
Do we want to drag all the skeletons out of European closets?
Bagehot in the Economist asks the question: Could David Cameron have done anything other than walk away from a new EU treaty? Some of the comments are puzzling, to say…
Ma in fondo, l’Europa piace agli Inglesi?
Nel suo commento nel Corriere della Sera (dell’11 dicembre 2011): Ma l’Europa agli inglesi sotto sotto non dispiace – Mi auguro che indìcano davvero un referendum sull’Europa Beppe Severgnini parla…