Reading time: 4 minutes One year ago, the Federal Reserve decided on its first interest rate increase to counter the surge in inflation that was already being heavily felt back then. They committed to [ … ]
Category: Columns
Dal BIAS COGNITIVO al VERIFICAZIONISMO
Reading time: 4 minutes Nel 1976 fu compiuto un esperimento in cui due psichiatri vennero posti uno di fronte all’altro. Ad entrambi era stato riferito, separatamente, che l’altro era un malato di mente, convinto [ … ]
Andy Warhol e l’originalità nell’imitazione
Reading time: 4 minutes Nel 1980 Lucio Amelio invita Andy Warhol e Joseph Beuys a Napoli, entrambi icone del XX secolo, personaggi atipici in modi diversi. Le opere di Beuys sottolineano il potere antropologico [ … ]
Biden’s plans for America come with a big caveat for global trade
Reading time: 5 minutes Such a protectionist turn poses serious threats to the very foundations of international trade: the WTO. Have you ever found yourself clashing with a fervent communist over which overarching system [ … ]
W@C – The banking tremor after SVBoom: 13/03 – 17/03
Reading time: 4 minutes What a week this was in terms of catastrophes. Bocconi’s mid-term exams came swinging. Inter, a team that a lot of you may support, knocked my beloved FC Porto out [ … ]
Monday Briefing 13/03/2023
Reading time: 9 minutes This week’s Monday Briefing turns the spotlight on Xi Jinping’s appointment for a third term as China’s president. We, also, analyse in-depth Schlein’s first speech as secretary of Pd. In [ … ]
W@C: The rollercoaster of temporary (dis)inflation – 06/03 – 10/03
Reading time: 5 minutes In this first edition of our new finance column Week at Close, we talk (among other things) about the broken promise of temporary inflation, Jerome Powell speaking and markets reacting, [ … ]
ENZO TORTORA: Il caso di un arresto fra errore giudiziario e “manette spettacolo”
Reading time: 4 minutes La vicenda di Enzo Tortora, eclatante e complessa, si contraddistinse per un forte legame fra processo giudiziario e processo mediatico. Il caso in questione può essere infatti osservato sotto un [ … ]
Il giorno che mi ha cambiato la vita
Reading time: 5 minutes Una sera di qualche mese fa, stavo girovagando distrattamente tra i canali televisivi. Le reti principali non davano nulla di interessante, quindi passai a scorrere quelle secondarie. Delusa dalla banalità [ … ]
Monday Briefing 06/03/2023
Reading time: 8 minutes This week’s Monday Briefing puts the spotlight on the deadly train crash in Greece and the wave of public anger and grief that has sparked in response. We also analyse [ … ]