Reading time: 6 minutes EU member States, starting with Germany, have to realize that the good old days of the export-led model are over, and that the new global (dis) order requires the design [ … ]
Category: TiL Rundown
The TiL Rundown is where we analyze current and future trends in society, technology, inovation and culture: a column tailored for those of you seeking to be constantly ahead of time.
Invest Better, with BFDE.
Reading time: 5 minutes Behavioural finance – the study of markets’ unknown sentiments. Amid a geopolitical climate in which financial markets find themselves in a situation with abundant “known unknowns” – from the Russian [ … ]
Science, communicate!
Reading time: 6 minutes Science communication (SciCom) – the essence and future of public policy and scientific research. As humankind finds itself confronted with one of the greatest challenges of our time – that [ … ]
The Geopolitics of Standardisation
Reading time: 6 minutes In October 2021, the State Council of China unveiled a new strategy to influence international standardisation practices. Leveraging modern technology and the Belt and Road initiative, China is attempting to turn [ … ]
Lehman Brothers, Volume I
Reading time: 4 minutes More than a decade has passed since the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, which marked the end of what academics worldwide defined as the Great Moderation period. But why did it happen? [ … ]
Duterte’s Legacy: the War on Drugs and Gloomy Presidential Election
Reading time: 7 minutes Right after winning the 2016 presidential election of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte announced his plans to launch a War on Drugs that the country hadn’t seen before. From allowing all [ … ]
The Socio-Economic Dimensions of Climate Change
Reading time: 4 minutes “Unless we have social justice, there are not going to be more accelerated greenhouse gas reductions. These issues are tied together.”, said Catherine Mitchell, a professor emerita of energy policy [ … ]
Immigration: the Good, the Bad & the Economics
Reading time: 4 minutes Migration — a topic that has dominated conversations, shaped political preferences, and chalked a stark divide in society. But between the familiar accusations regarding the stealing of jobs against impassioned [ … ]
30 Days of War: The Prospects of the War in Ukraine And the Impact It Holds on the World
Reading time: 12 minutes As this week marks the first month of the war in Ukraine, our Rundown column takes a deep look into what has happened so far and what the future of [ … ]
Yet Another Bloody Crisis
Reading time: 6 minutes In January 2022, the Red Cross in the US declared a “national blood crisis” in face of its greatest blood shortage in more than a decade. Yet, its source is [ … ]