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The narratives struggling to define the impact of AI on the labor market
High expectations, disillusionment, and realism—the usual players in AI predictions are all present
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Is Open Source AI a sham?
Why leading AI companies are currently engaging in both 'openwashing' and 'closedwashing' practices
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Post-growth: the dawn of a new era
What will the upcoming paradigm shift entail?
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The weather is changing
What home insurance tells us about climate change
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Degrowth will make us happier
Understanding wellbeing beyond economic growth
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How collective behavior change can foster a sustainable future
A dive into the heart of the degrowth movement
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The Indian Stack goes global
Is a decentralized, open-source Indian-European Stack emerging?
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Breaking the bottleneck
Can state-led initiatives relying on market mechanisms help us achieve our decarbonization goals?
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The future of inflation and interest rates
A long-term view on the drivers of inflation and monetary policy
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Are weapons still a sin stock?
Changes in narratives, economic structures and the nature of technology could be altering the status of defense stock.
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The return of the incumbent?
A reflection on the demise of Big Tech and the return of industrial incumbents
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Sticky dependence: Europe’s reliance on Russia
Although Europe wants to decouple from Russia, our countries’ dependence is stickier and more complex than we might have estimated
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Will generative AI favor the underdog?
The implications of generative AI for tech and talent
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The future of crypto is coming: what will it look like?
Regulation, decentralization and combined approaches battle for the crypto throne
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The short-lived revival of Keynes; welcome back, Hayek!
Has neoliberalism really left? Or was “COVID-Keynesianism” nothing more than a short-term crisis management tactic?
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Who has to pay the costs of climate change?
Issuing appeals for hundreds of millions in emergency funding to help victims of climate change might soon be a standard procedure.
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The return of industrial policy
The Dutch government is rethinking industrial policy—more coordination is on the horizon.
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Globalization can still be a force for good
A general narrative is emerging that international trade and cooperation are on the decline. Is it accurate?
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Picking up the crypto pieces
Companies are on the lookout for opportunities during the crypto crash
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From labor to exploitation: the dark side of blockchain games
What does it take to create a flourishing virtual economy?
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Emerging markets face tough financial challenges
Will emerging markets' recovery be halted by increasing financial problems?
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The rise of CBDCs
Pim Korsten gives a rundown on the opportunities and risks of the rise of central bank digital currencies.
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Russian digitalization through a Cosmist lens
To understand Russian politics, we need to understand Russian Cosmism, a philosophy that supports the digitalization of the Arctic.
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An introduction to the Stack
Learn more about our framework that helps us understand the anatomy of digital systems.
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Russia’s strategic exploitation of the Arctic
A long-standing resource-dependent economy, a melting Arctic, and technical capabilities have thrown the Arctic into the spotlight for Russia’s upcoming economic strategy.
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Who pays the price for a resilient economy?
Europe is trying to develop a resilient economy that is less reliant on others. Yet, are we willing to the pay the price for our independence?
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The chemical industry is out of control
We have no idea about the long-term impacts of chemical production on our planet. Is it time for a 'guilty until proven innocent' approach?
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Feel-good philanthropy
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The greening of green financial products
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AUKUS and the return of geopolitics
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Carbon border tax
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Biden: neither friend nor foe to big tech
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The sharing economy is dead, long live the rental economy
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Are we sharing enough data?
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The outdoor economy
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The future of monetary policy and central banks
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The long hegemony of currency
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After work thoughts
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The resistance to the hegemony of the App Store
As emerging tech companies become more influential their relationships with big tech are increasingly strained
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Global value chains are experiencing a formative moment
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