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29 May 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
China's actions in spying, stealing intellectual property, and undermining democracy are causing concern in US and Canadian politics. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been criticized for not addressing the issue transparently and quickly en...
28 May 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
Four European microstates Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco and San Marino have political independence despite being bound to larger neighboring states and the EU. The author argues that understanding the microstates' national identities within the EU'...
28 May 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
India's economy has not experienced the predicted boom despite a robust recovery since the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent data reveals a subdued GDP growth rate of 4.4 percent, lower than the estimated 7-8 percent. Private investment remains w...
28 May 2023 1 minute read 5 comments Vladan Lausevic
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released a white paper highlighting the need for global crypto regulations to protect markets and investors. The WEF stated that the decentralized nature of crypto assets poses challenges to traditional financial pr...
28 May 2023 1 minute read 2 comments Vladan Lausevic
Binance has suspended deposits for ten bridged tokens, including POLS, ALPACA, AVA, SPELL, FTM, ACH, BIFI, SUPER, FARM, and DEXE, due to stuck transactions and uncertainty surrounding the Multichain protocol. The suspension affects users on BNB Sma...
28 May 2023 1 minute read 3 comments Vladan Lausevic
The emerging debate surrounding the human rights implications of language models like ChatGPT is characterized by fascination, strangeness, suspicion, and dread. The potential of generative AI to increase misinformation and lies online while also ser...
28 May 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
Professor Gray's recent article highlights various damage caused by Brexit and discusses the foreseeable consequences that were ignored during the Brexit debate. The author mentions that they do not aim to provide a comprehensive weekly record of Bre...
28 May 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
In today's world, pro-democracy movements often lack a crucial political tool that authoritarian movements have effectively mastered: the power of ritual. Rituals have been deeply ingrained in human behavior for thousands of years, serving as a bindi...
28 May 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
In his book "The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism," Martin Wolf emphasizes that GDP growth alone does not provide a complete picture of a country's well-being. The distribution of the benefits derived from economic growth is equally important. While I...
28 May 2023 1 minute read 6 comments Vladan Lausevic
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has emphasized the possibility of the U.S. defaulting on its debt obligations by June 1, while Goldman Sachs estimates a "real deadline" around June 8-9. Yellen restated her concerns during an interview, stating t...
