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Economic Bubble

Currency, Credit and Crisis: Honohan’s account of how our economic bubble burst

He has written a comprehensive volume, part-memoir but largely an analysis of the pitfalls of central banking in Ireland and Europe, with much sage guidance for the avoidance of future trouble in both locations.Ireland has, in almost a century of independence…

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Orangutan

Fighting extinction: What you can do to help endangered animals

Catching a glimpse of a tiger in an Indian forest. Watching an orang-utan snap off a tree branch to use as a scratching stick. Seeing a black rhino nuzzle its young. They're all astonishing sights available to travellers today, but which we're all sickeningly…

bubmagJune 24, 2019

George Orwell’s Dystopian Nightmare in China

It has become fairly cliché to call Chinas surveillance stateits artificial intelligence-driven facial recognition, the new social credit system, its cultural policing and re-education camps for Uyghur minoritiessomething right out of George Orwells Nineteen …

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Trade War

Report: Trump Admin Considering Ordering All US 5G Gear Be Made Outside of China

Donald Trumps administration is considering issuing requirements that would mandate all 5G telecommunications equipment installed in the U.S. be manufactured outside China, according to a Sunday report in the Wall Street Journal. That would be a significant …

bubmagJune 24, 2019

eSports

A Look At The ESports Trend And The Main Companies Involved

My goal in this article is to give an introduction and overview for the rapidly growing eSports sector and the main players. What is Esports? Esports (also known as electronic sports, e-sports, or eSports) is a form of competition using video games. Another…

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Yellow Vests

Rampell: France’s carbon tax was a disaster, but there might be a less politically fraught way

If your country can’t figure this out, what hope is there for mine? I kept wondering this as I met with Notre Affaire à Tous, one of four organizations suing the French government for failing to keep its Paris climate accord commitments. In France, unlike i…

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

The opposition’s new star deals Turkey’s president a stinging blow

THIS TIME around, there was no room for doubt. In late March Ekrem Imamoglu had won the Istanbul mayoral election by a fraction of a percentage point. On June 23rd he won the re-run by a landslide. Mr Imamoglus victory in the rerun was the best showing for a…

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Protectionism

The global economy’s next winners

The countries that once led the world toward economic openness are retreating into protectionism. Over the past two and a half years, the United States has abandoned the Trans-Pacific Partnership and imposed tariffs on steel, aluminum, and a wide range of Chi…

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Christianity

Ethiopia mosque ban: ‘Our sacred city of Aksum must be protected’

Image copyrightGetty Images For Ethiopia's Orthodox Christians, the ancient city of Aksum is a sacred place, home to the Biblical Queen of Sheba and Ark of the Covenant. The ark is believed to contain the 10 commandments handed down to Moses by God, and is …

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Refugees

Chatty cockroach gets Greeks talking on Athens streets

Image copyrightReCompulsive BehavioursImage caption This is the image confronting Greeks from an Athenian drain "Hello, I live in the sewers of Athens," says the cockroach. "Yes, me too," says an Athenian walking past, apparently unfazed by the idea of an …

bubmagJune 24, 2019

Currency, Credit and Crisis: Honohan’s account of how our economic bubble burst

Fighting extinction: What you can do to help endangered animals

Report: Trump Admin Considering Ordering All US 5G Gear Be Made Outside of China

A Look At The ESports Trend And The Main Companies Involved

Rampell: France’s carbon tax was a disaster, but there might be a less politically fraught way

The opposition’s new star deals Turkey’s president a stinging blow

The global economy’s next winners

Ethiopia mosque ban: ‘Our sacred city of Aksum must be protected’

Chatty cockroach gets Greeks talking on Athens streets

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