Article by Zachary Karabell* Most Americans learned in school that the New Deal, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s sweeping response to the Great Depression, was a turning point in U.S. history. For 90 years, the progressive projects and reforms collected under [...]
Article by Stephanos Kotzamanis* The imposition of tariff restrictions on international trade with China, Turkey, but also with Europe, the United States. Donald Trump 's was actually started long before the corona appeared. It was not only the imposition of tariffs, but also a [...]
Article by James Shaw* To say that we find ourselves in an unprecedented moment is so obvious and has been so often repeated it’s almost become white noise. What is less obvious, however, is where we go from here. In [...]
Article by Vasilis A. Coufos The needs upon the fight against Covid - 19, draw our attention to very specific demands: respirators, masks, fullness of human resources in health systems, compliance with the framework of prohibitions and restrictions imposed by the application of lockdown and respectful observance of the rules [...]
Athens, April 9th 2020 The digital transformation plan of the Greek Manpower Employment Organization (OAED) is now being completed and implemented. From Wednesday, April 15, 2020, the e-services provided by the e-oaed platform will be mandatory. However, the following exceptions [...]
By Thomas J. Bollyky Το borrow and paraphrase Fyodor Dostoevsky’s famous quote about prisons, you can tell a lot about a society by its response to epidemics of infectious disease. Plagues put a mirror to the societies they afflict. A pandemic will [...]
Yara Nardi/Pool Photo via AP : Pope Francis walks during Urbi and Orbi prayer (Latin for To the City and To the World) in an empty St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Friday, March 27, 2020.
President Donald Trump signed a historic $2.2 trillion package into law on Friday that, once implemented, is expected to provide relief for the millions of Americans, businesses and hospitals suffering after the coronavirus pandemic simultaneously ravaged the country’s health care [...]
AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti : A couple kiss at the Barcelona airport, Spain, Thursday, March 12, 2020.
Don't Expect a Crisis to Be Good for Gold - Central banks have a shrinking appetite for the metal. If they turn net sellers, the recent rally could come to a halt. By David Fickling Here’s another factor [...]
