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Looking for the long term
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The revival of the Rhine Model for digital capitalism
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Building bridges to the crypto space
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The rise of the Asian Aerotropolis
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Natural elements become critical resources
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The dominance of movie franchises
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Japan, Korea and the global semiconductor industry
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Libra’s next hurdle: financial regulators and governments
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Modern monetary policy
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Future leaders get a taste of new economics
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The emergence of the decentralized stack
Is the future open-source?
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Capitalists’ worries about capitalism
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Sustainable by default
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Got milk?
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Africa is set to become world’s largest free trade area
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The Dragon and the Elephant in the 21st century
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Scaling bitcoin with the lightning network
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Slowing down fast fashion
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From bits to atoms
Will platforms like Uber and Airbnb continue to succeed without physical assets?
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Facebook’s flirt with crypto and blockchain
Will Big Tech companies like Facebook have a role in the crypto landscape?
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Technical hurdles towards the cryptoworld
Arief Hühn outlines possible solutions to the current limitations of the crypto world.
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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?
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