“Imagine it’s 1956. The first Cold War is raging. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev has told Western ambassadors: “We will bury you!” Out of nowhere, Pravda, the Soviet propaganda outlet, launches a bid to buy ABC, CBS, NBC, the New York Times and the Washington Post. Such an effort would have been rejected by the American […]

“One result of Donald Trump’s victory is that business CEOs are rethinking their obeisance to the Democratic left. The latest example is Meta’s welcome decision this week to abandon its censorship regime”. Fonte: The Wall Street Journal Autore: The Editorial Board Link: Mark Zuckerberg’s Speech Mea Culpa

“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 […]

“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