Dove va il mondo

“France’s government has fallen. In dramatic scenes at the National Assembly on Wednesday, the government — led by Prime Minister Michel Barnier — lost a no-confidence vote, effectively ending it. Not since 1962 has a French government been forced out this way”. Fonte: The New York Times Autore: Marlon Ettinger Link: The Far Right Just […]

“In the modern age, the unbelievable has become commonplace. Entire countries are shut down by a global pandemic”. Fonte: The Economist Link: Ten implausible-sounding scenarios for 2025

“Yoon has faced serious challenges from the start of his term, entering power with a low approval rating and a parliament dominated by the opposition”. Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Simon Mundy Link: Who is Yoon Suk Yeol, the man behind South Korea’s political crisis?

“First, a counterfactual. Had Kamala Harris won, The Economist would have had a different shortlist for its annual “word of the year”. Fonte: The Economist Link: The Economist’s word of the year for 2024  

“But there is one thing Gen Z, millennials, Gen Xers and boomers agree on: that meetings themselves are often unproductive, unenjoyable and take up too much time”. Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Grace Lordan Link: Is your boss talking too much? AI can tell them

Fonte: The Washington Post Autore: Edith Pritchett Link: The different stages of Black Friday

“There may be no more justifiable target for the budget cutters of the second Trump administration than the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. After all, what rationale is there in the age of ubiquitous streaming and podcasts for government to support television and radio via legislation virtually unchanged since 1967?”. Fonte: The Wall Street Journal Autore: […]

“Javier Milei has been president of Argentina for a year. He campaigned wielding a chainsaw, but his economic programme is serious and one of the most radical doses of free-market medicine since Thatcherism. It comes with risks, if only because of Argentina’s history of instability and Mr Milei’s explosive personality. But the lessons are striking, […]

“The Israel-Gaza war poses multiple challenges for President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration. But the former president has proposed a plan for peace in the region before. The question is: can he be convinced to pursue it again?” Fonte: The New York Times Autore: Thomas L. Friedman Link: Trump’s Path to a Nobel Peace Prize?

“But what if, beneath the surface of mainstream culture, there was a world of wild imagination waiting to be discovered — if only a powerful force would stop suppressing it?” Fonte: The New York Times Autore: Kirby Ferguson Link: Is Creativity Dead?