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by Agnes Horvath Once computers were large machines operated by technical staff working in specially constructed centers. Today, computers are used by everybody and microprocessors have become ubiquitous, present on desktops, automobiles all through to greeting cards. Still, as Robert Solow from MIT put it: “You can see the computer age everywhere but in the […]

by Agnes Horvath and Ana Kecman   It has been only a week ago that the ratification of the Paris Agreement got into the headlines and environmentalists all over the world could celebrate a clear turning point in global climate policy. While there were countries that put the emission of greenhouse gases on their agenda […]

The “city trilemma” may separate the winners and loser of globalization and could also partially explain Brexit voting patterns… By Csaba Pogonyi and Istvan Zsoldos

If over 10 million migrants started off to Europe we would probably need new and bold solutions. This is one such idea.

We close the year with our usual “wild predictions”. These should not be taken literally, they are more like extreme scenarios (partly tongue-in-cheek) that are unlikely to actually occur, but would have a large impact and they highlight some real-life trends. Black swans, in other words.

Humans are not natural born killers. They are born to do what works.

The economic crisis may have dented the increase in life expectancy a bit, but it is still the crisis-ridden Mediterranean regions of the EU that fare the best…

It’s the season to redraw maps.

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