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How crypto is reshaping governments

Chris Skinner For the last twenty years, I have had many arguments with crypto advocates about Libertarian versus State governance. Now, the crypto guys are the government. During those years,…

Credit, debt-deflation, and the Great Depression: Revisited – 1

Ben S. Bernanke It would be difficult to overstate the economic, social, and political impact of the Great Depression of the 1930s. At the worst of the slump, in 1933,…

Expedition to try and protect Europe’s elusive “Banana Hole”

The ‘Banana Hole’ has been described as a “living library” of our planet’s history – but its future is at risk. Hidden deep beneath the Arctic is a unique pocket…

Avrupa’nın gizemli ‘Muz Deliği’ni korumayı hedefleyen sefer

“Muz Deliği”, gezegenimizin “yaşayan kütüphanesi” olarak tanımlanıyor, ancak geleceği risk altında. Kuzey Kutbu’nun derinliklerinde, Norveç ile Grönland arasında yer alan ve uluslararası sular statüsündeki benzersiz bir bölgede, antik sünger toplulukları…

Legitimacy

Can Baydarol Recent events have reminded me of a wish I used to make often in my youth: “If I were to be born again, I’d like to be the…

Meşruiyet

Can Baydarol Son günlerde yaşananlar, gençlik yıllarında bolca sarf ettiğim bir dileği bana hatırlattı. “Bir daha dünyaya gelirsem, ABD’nin Ankara Büyükelçisi olmak isterim!” İçinde yaşadığımız kaos ve kabus senaryolarını kaleme…

Growth without production, stubborn inflation and allegations of a $20 billion election bailout from the US

Levent Gürses On the first day of the week, growth figures were released; at 2.5 per cent in the first quarter, the growth rate fell slightly short of expectations. Meanwhile,…

Urgent “imp-le-men-ta-tion” in the areas of the cost of living, unemployment, education, justice and healthcare

Osman Şenkul According to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) on 1 June, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 2.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2026;…

The soft sustainability era is over

John Elkington The soft sustainability era ended on 28 February 2026, without most people noticing. It had been ailing for a while—anyone with eyes could see the symptoms—but it took…

The next revolution is not digital, it is intelligent

Chris Skinner I gave a keynote this week about my new book called The Intelligent Bank, which is offically launching next week in China! Walking off stage afterwards I realised…