Osman Şenkul According to data from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a Washington-based consultancy that tracks announced or confirmed job cuts in the US, 2025 was a year of very weak…
Can Baydarol If the Russia-Ukraine war does not end in peace as claimed, it will enter its fourth year in February next year. The 28-point peace plan imposed on Zelensky…
Venizelos G. Gavrilakis Byzantine icons and Western painting icons represent two distinct artistic and theological traditions within the broader scope of Christian sacred art. These artistic forms, while both focused…
Morgan Housel Nine years ago this week, I was a private equity intern wondering if the 2007 credit crunch would hurt my employer. The answer was “yes.” I quickly needed…
Forty years after writing one of the classic finance books, Burton Malkiel remains committed to his mission of advocating index-based investing. He expresses concern that US President Donald Trump’s trade…
Can Baydarol Unfortunately, many of the articles I wrote last year were rather pessimistic. Taking into account the warnings that ‘You’ve darkened our mood, take a break from writing for…
Although the amount of packaging waste has increased over the last decade, seven EU countries have managed to achieve the target of recycling at least 70% of all packaging waste…
Levent Gürses The economic crisis that has intensified since 2018, or more accurately, the transfer of capital to higher income groups, is leading to the dispossession of middle and lower…
Osman Şenkul Some time ago (9 November 2025), in these very lines, we discussed data indicating that the severe job losses caused by automation and other technological developments, particularly digital…
Tad Crawford I rouse myself, still lethargic, from my light slumber in the warmth of the sun. My father and I sit side by side in zero gravity beach chairs…
The blow dealt by AI to new job creation is also hampering production
Osman Şenkul According to data from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a Washington-based consultancy that tracks announced or confirmed job cuts in the US, 2025 was a year of very weak…
Trust or not being able to trust
Can Baydarol If the Russia-Ukraine war does not end in peace as claimed, it will enter its fourth year in February next year. The 28-point peace plan imposed on Zelensky…
Distinctive features of Byzantine and Western icon painting
Venizelos G. Gavrilakis Byzantine icons and Western painting icons represent two distinct artistic and theological traditions within the broader scope of Christian sacred art. These artistic forms, while both focused…
Investing is a fascinating business
Morgan Housel Nine years ago this week, I was a private equity intern wondering if the 2007 credit crunch would hurt my employer. The answer was “yes.” I quickly needed…
Burton Malkiel: Trump’s trade war could harm global growth
Forty years after writing one of the classic finance books, Burton Malkiel remains committed to his mission of advocating index-based investing. He expresses concern that US President Donald Trump’s trade…
Bandit
Can Baydarol Unfortunately, many of the articles I wrote last year were rather pessimistic. Taking into account the warnings that ‘You’ve darkened our mood, take a break from writing for…
Reduce, reuse, recycle: How much packaging waste do EU citizens produce?
Although the amount of packaging waste has increased over the last decade, seven EU countries have managed to achieve the target of recycling at least 70% of all packaging waste…
As low and middle-income earners become dispossessed, the question of “who is doing the consuming” arises…
Levent Gürses The economic crisis that has intensified since 2018, or more accurately, the transfer of capital to higher income groups, is leading to the dispossession of middle and lower…
Sword of Democles AI has set its sights on our air and water, too!
Osman Şenkul Some time ago (9 November 2025), in these very lines, we discussed data indicating that the severe job losses caused by automation and other technological developments, particularly digital…
Beauty of the dreaming world
Tad Crawford I rouse myself, still lethargic, from my light slumber in the warmth of the sun. My father and I sit side by side in zero gravity beach chairs…