Articles in English

Climate Change Action Cannot Ignore Social Issues

Climate scientists are sounding the alarm about global warming, but the world is not responding. In October, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned of catastrophic risks to health, livelihoods, water supplies, and human security if global warming is not limited to 1.5° Celsius relative to the pre-industrial level, a target set by the 2015 Paris climate agreement. At the moment, however, we are on track for a 3°C increase

10 января 2019 5 мин. 9442

The Euro Turns 20

Twenty years ago this month, the euro was born. For ordinary citizens, little changed until cash euros were introduced in 2002. But in January 1999, the “third stage” of Economic and Monetary Union officially started, with the exchange rates among the original 11 eurozone member states “irrevocably” fixed, and authority over their monetary policy transferred to the new European Central Bank. What has unfolded since then holds important lessons for the future

09 января 2019 5 мин. 8904

Warren Buffett, Down $4.3B In A Day, Was Right To Downplay Berkshire's Apple Gains

It’s easier to lose billions on paper when you don’t brag about making billions beforehand

08 января 2019 4 мин. 10055

When A Billionaire Needs A Boss

The Story Of The Jimmy John's Sandwich Empire

04 января 2019 10 мин. 10723

The Center Left and Globalization

Popular uprisings across France are threatening to shatter the hope that so many had placed in French President Emmanuel Macron after his election in May 2017. With his party, La République En Marche !, having secured an absolute parliamentary majority, Macron promised to pursue difficult reforms not just in France, but also within the European Union. But now he is facing the biggest crisis of his presidency

03 января 2019 5 мин. 8949

Learning from China

Since beginning its reform and opening up 40 years ago this month, China has been a very good student. And now, after four decades of rapid development, the country is increasingly presenting itself as a teacher. As it commits more capital abroad, it has a strong interest in how countries where it invests are run. But is the world ready to learn from it?

29 декабря 2018 5 мин. 7865

Cutting Corners on Consent

On November 29, after two weeks of contentious negotiations at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, 196 countries agreed to stringent rules on the use of so-called gene drives. Given the far-reaching consequences of a technology that causes a particular set of genes to propagate throughout a population – fundamentally changing or even eliminating it – such rules are badly needed. But are they enough?

28 декабря 2018 5 мин. 15371

Fintech - the future business development

The stagnation in the economies of Kazakhstan and Russia blocks the air for young enterprises. And the younger generation leaves their home countries to build business in states with a wider and more developed market