Dove va il mondo

“Lego guards its bricks jealously. Early in Mr Sawaya’s artistic career, the Danish toymaker sent him a cease-and-desist order. (Now a “Lego certified professional”, he builds with the firm’s blessing.) At Lego’s headquarters in Billund, in Denmark, “master builders” work behind tinted windows, hidden from prying eyes. This year the EU’s General Court ruled in […]

“Who is currently in charge in the US? Jill Biden? Kamala Harris? President-on-paper Joe Biden? Or is it in fact president-elect Donald Trump? Many signs point to the latter, not least the undeniable reality that the centre of American political power has already shifted about 1,000 miles to the south: from the grand neoclassical designs […]

“Trump’s rebound since then is the most dramatic comeback in modern US history — and arguably since the republic’s founding”. Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Edward Luce Link: FT Person of the Year: Donald Trump

“Today, technology is changing the industry faster than at any time since Mr Draper’s era. The result is a reshaping of Madison Avenue that is leaving some admen choking on their Old Fashioneds”. Fonte: The Economist Link: Farewell, Don Draper: AI is coming for advertising

“The EU confronts huge challenges. These include accelerating innovation, deepening financial integration, protecting its security and maintaining the values of freedom, democracy and social welfare on which its society has been built since the second world war”. Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Martin Wolf Link: The EU must build on past successes

In the final season of “Succession,” the HBO drama about a fictional media clan, the show’s grisly patriarch, Logan Roy, dishes out some characteristically choice words to his privileged children: “I love you, but you are not serious people.” Fonte: The New York Times Autore: Merissa Marr Link: What Does Rupert Murdoch Do Now?

“Americans have complained about media bias for years, and it’s hard to deny that they’re on to something. The country is divided rather evenly along partisan lines: While Donald Trump comfortably won the Electoral College, the popular-vote margin fell within 2 points. Yet the media, including mainstream sources, rarely tries to appear neutral. From news […]

“At this time of year, many policymakers want to know how fast their economies will grow in the year ahead. China’s leaders set themselves a still tougher question: how fast their economy “should” grow. They are seeking not a forecast but a target”. Fonte: The Economist Link: What a censored speech says about China’s economy

“The collapse of the Assad regime in Syria should be a reminder of a general truth that often gets obscured in the blizzard of conflicting and contradictory news stories that absorb us day to day: The West’s adversaries are often weaker than we think”. Fonte: The Washington Post Autore: Fareed Zakaria Link: Russia is weaker […]

“AFTER 53 YEARS in power, the house of Assad left behind nothing but ruin, corruption and misery. As rebels advanced into Damascus on December 8th, the regime’s army melted into the air—it had run out of reasons to fight for Bashar al-Assad. Later, Syrians impoverished by his rule gawped at his abandoned palaces. Broken people […]