Will AI break the banking system? Regulators think so …
Chris Skinner We’ve been told that artificial intelligence is going to make banking faster, cheaper, safer and smarter. Now the people who regulate the financial system are starting to ask…
From Europe’s recycling bins to the lands of Anatolia
Müge Okur One morning in Berlin, Brussels or London, a water bottle is consumed and, once used, placed in a blue recycling bin. At that moment, many people believe they…
The third year of the Şimşek Programme: The time for tight monetary policy has long since passed
Levent Gürses The Economic Programme aimed at combating inflation and ensuring fiscal discipline, implemented by Mehmet Şimşek, Minister of Treasury and Finance, and known to the public as the ‘Şimşek…
The solution to extreme poverty: Pericles’ “tax the rich more” system
Osman Şenkul Pericles, regarded as one of Ancient Greece’s most powerful statesmen, was born in 495 BC and died in 429 BC. During his childhood, he studied under Anaxagoras, Damon…
How technology has integrated politics and power
Chris Skinner There are moments when an unexpected event reveals more about the world than years of official speeches and carefully crafted reports. The recent leak of Peter Thiel’s invitation-only…
Valdis Dombrovskis: An economy that works for people
The EU’s future strategic priorities for 2019 to 2024, put forward by the European Council in June 2019, talk about building a climate-neutral, green, fair, and social Europe. They also…
New party
Can Baydarol Recent developments have made it increasingly inevitable that Özgür Özel and his colleagues will form a new party. History will surely not remember Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in very favourable…
Who bears the burden of Europe’s rubbish? Turkey’s waste imports and the hidden cost
Müge Okur Whilst the world’s wealthiest countries boast of clean streets, high recycling rates and environmental policies, there is a hidden side to this cleanliness. That side consists of waste…
The tax burden that caused the Romans to revolt rests on the shoulders of low-income earners here
Osman Şenkul Society in Ancient Rome consisted of patricians (the nobility), plebeians (free citizens) and slaves. The patricians also held the right to rule. The plebeians, whilst not being as…
The future of work
Chris Skinner I noticed a post from Andreas Horn this week announcing that he was leaving IBM after eight years helping shape its AI strategy. It wasn’t a resignation post.…