Reading time: 4 minutes In times of difficulty, we tend to become more myopic and it is extremely complicated to make our way through all the complexities that arise around us as huge and [ … ]
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The Tyranny of the Majority
Reading time: 3 minutes If it be admitted that a man, possessing absolute power, may misuse that power by wronging his adversaries, why should a majority not be liable to the same reproach? [ … ]
Long Live the Freedom of Art!
Reading time: 4 minutes War has befallen Europe – and besides comprehensive political responses of European leaders, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has left deep scars on the European landscape of classical music. From [ … ]
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? [ … ]
Referendum Cannabis e Eutanasia: Intervista a Damiano Canale
Reading time: 6 minutes Quasi tre mesi fa, la Corte costituzionale ha giudicato non ammissibili i referendum su cannabis ed eutanasia. Abbiamo parlato con Damiano Canale, professore ordinario di filosofia del diritto, delle motivazioni [ … ]
Tra i Leoni n. 99, May 2022
Reading time: < 1 minute It is with excitement that today we announce the publication of the Issue n. 99 of Tra i Leoni. In this edition, we bring to you discussions about democracy, censorship, [ … ]
Monday Briefing 02/05/2022
Reading time: 7 minutes As the semester is going towards the end and the exam session is approaching, this edition of the Monday Briefing takes us first to Myanmar, where a new sentence of [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Exams, stress and all that comes after
Reading time: 5 minutes The March exam session ended not long ago, and with an aftertaste still in their minds, students carry on with the second part of the semester. The post-exam period is [ … ]