Venizelos G. Gavrilakis In an extraordinary example of early modernist art conservation, La Torada—a rare panel painting attributed to Pablo Picasso and dated 1914—has been meticulously conserved and restored by…
Chris Skinner Many have argued for years that branches are dead. Many in the fintech world believe that people don’t need branches. Some think that the pandemic proved that customers…
Deena Robinson & Martina Igini / Global Commons The world is grappling with a host of pressing environmental challenges that demand immediate attention and action. From climate change-induced disasters, biodiversity…
Can Baydarol Under normal circumstances, I would not write a column in the form of lecture notes in a column allocated to me. However, given that the EU has brought…
Levent Gürses A striking transfer of capital is taking place in Turkey. On the one hand, there are reports of incredible poverty; on the other, payments flowing freely from the…
Osman Şenkul The Monetary Policy Board of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) took one of the most significant steps in recent history on 23 September 2021,…
Christine Lagarde It is a mark of how much our world has changed that a central banker speaks at the Munich Security Conference on supply chains. A decade ago, this…
Chris Skinner I just watched The Life of Chuck based upon a story by Stephen King (strongly recommended). Throughout the film, it constantly references Carl Sagan’s Cosmic Calendar. The Cosmic…
Scientists have expressed growing concern over a major Atlantic current that could collapse and send northern Europe into the next Ice Age. Like much of Europe, Iceland witnessed its hottest…
Can Baydarol Exactly four years are about to end. The war that began with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, will complete its fourth year on February 24,…
Revealing “La Torada (1914)” by Pablo Picasso
Venizelos G. Gavrilakis In an extraordinary example of early modernist art conservation, La Torada—a rare panel painting attributed to Pablo Picasso and dated 1914—has been meticulously conserved and restored by…
Why bank branches still matter
Chris Skinner Many have argued for years that branches are dead. Many in the fintech world believe that people don’t need branches. Some think that the pandemic proved that customers…
EARTH.ORG / 16 Biggest environmental problems of 2026-1
Deena Robinson & Martina Igini / Global Commons The world is grappling with a host of pressing environmental challenges that demand immediate attention and action. From climate change-induced disasters, biodiversity…
A significant risk under sui generis: Was it manufactured in the EU? Was it manufactured in conjunction with the EU?
Can Baydarol Under normal circumstances, I would not write a column in the form of lecture notes in a column allocated to me. However, given that the EU has brought…
Guaranteed roads and hospitals received $4.7 billion, yet 2 million children still live in deep poverty
Levent Gürses A striking transfer of capital is taking place in Turkey. On the one hand, there are reports of incredible poverty; on the other, payments flowing freely from the…
IMF advice on inflation & interest rates
Osman Şenkul The Monetary Policy Board of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) took one of the most significant steps in recent history on 23 September 2021,…
Preparing for geo-economic fragmentation
Christine Lagarde It is a mark of how much our world has changed that a central banker speaks at the Munich Security Conference on supply chains. A decade ago, this…
Elon Musk: I am an alien
Chris Skinner I just watched The Life of Chuck based upon a story by Stephen King (strongly recommended). Throughout the film, it constantly references Carl Sagan’s Cosmic Calendar. The Cosmic…
Iceland saw record temperatures last year
Scientists have expressed growing concern over a major Atlantic current that could collapse and send northern Europe into the next Ice Age. Like much of Europe, Iceland witnessed its hottest…
Endless war(s)
Can Baydarol Exactly four years are about to end. The war that began with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, will complete its fourth year on February 24,…