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Will London Survive Brexit?
The next UK prime minister, who just might be May, will need to produce a good answer, or London will not remain at the top of the league for much longer.
Technology, skills and future jobs
Facing up to the coming technology upheavals, what might a next ‘Golden Age’ look like and what are the enablers that need to be put in place to deliver on that promise?...
The Coming French Revolution
With both candidates likely to make it to the second round, France is on the verge of a political revolution, regardless of who wins....
‘Peak globalization’ and the future of democracy
The world may be headed toward “peak globalization”. This shift could empower individuals and communities to strengthen democracy, while easing some of the most troublesome aspects of globalization. ...
A Bridge to Universal Education
In a confrontational world where protectionism is on the rise, multilateralism has become an easy target for criticism. But those who doubt its value must have short memories. They seem to have forgotten that the Marshall Plan ......
DASH: Të gjitha partitë në zgjedhje!
Departamenti Amerikan i Shtetit u bëri thirrje të gjitha partive politike në Shqipëri të marrin pjesë në zgjedhjet e ardhshme parlamentare....
The Second Year of Europe
Governments need to do more to create the prerequisites of faster economic growth while enhancing workers’ ability to contend with the inevitable elimination of many existing jobs as a result of technological innovation....
Rruga drejt një gjuhe tjetër
Një shembull spektakolar i ujdisë së suksesshme mes realitetit dhe formësimit të kujtesës kolektive të qytetit është “Centro Cultural Caja Granada, Memoria de Andalucía” – “Qendra Kulturore ‘Caja Granada’, Kujtesa e Andaluzisë” e ngritur......
Europe’s Reform Opportunity
The eurozone crisis is far less dangerous now than during its peak years of 2010-2013. Growth has picked up across the European Union, and five million jobs were created between 2014 and 2017....
Silentium Amoris
Back to her sombre cave, ere she hath won A single ballad from the nightingale, So doth thy Beauty make my lips to fail, And all my sweetest singing out of tune. ...
The European Art of the Deal
In 2017, Europe may learn two more important lessons. First, a member state’s exit from the EU need not be a destructive gambit in a game of chicken, if the country’s departure removes tension points and preserves the foundation for future bargaining. ...
Allegory
I am fair, O mortals! like a dream carved in stone, And my breast where each one in turn has bruised himself Is made to inspire in the poet a love As eternal and silent as matter....
Seven ways to think like a 21st century economist
Economics matters enormously for the future, but its fundamental ideas are centuries out of date....
Growing Out of Populism?
The outlook for global growth is improving, and, with sensible policies, the next several years could be quite a bit better than the last – certainly for advanced economies, and perhaps for most others as well. But populism remains a wildcard, and only if growth picks up fast enough ......
Creating a Learning Generation
There is no justification for neglecting education, the foundation on which social and economic development is built. By combining the resources and capabilities of national and sub-national governments, the private sector, and civil society, we can create a learning generation......
Human rights and the internet
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, an emphatically secular document, obviously makes no appeal to supernatural realms or superhuman beings. It does, however, narrate its basic tenets in the unequivocal manner characteristic of myth. ...
UK stranded between the Rock and a hard place
But whatever role — big or small — Gibraltar ends up playing in the EU exit talks, the spat is a reflection of a reality that London is going to have to get used to: that the rest of the EU now has a fundamentally different relationship to Britain......Author info