Carl Dowseflipped into English to GoEconomics Informal payments cost governments hundreds of billions in revenue each yearThe Economist Daily chartInformal payments cost governments hundreds of billions in revenue each year BENJAMIN FRANKLIN once declared: “Nothing is certain but death …
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go What I Wish Silicon Valley Understood About Alibabalinkedin.com In a recent article for the World Economic Forum, I highlighted how Jack observed the similarities between the development in Africa and what he saw …
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go “Coal is going to linger in Asia for many, many years yet”—a nasty regional habitThe Economist The Intelligence“Coal is going to linger in Asia for many, many years yet”—a nasty regional habit Also on the daily podcast: money and hope dry up in …
Carl Dowseflipped into English to GoLatino News The Amazon's best hope? A female indigenous chief is on a mission to save Brazil's forestsNBC News - Teresa Tomassoni"If the forest is gone, people will also end," says Ajareaty Waiapi, a female chief and grandmother working to preserve her community — and the planet's lungs. AMAPÁ, Brazil — Ajareaty Waiapi is the oldest
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go Can you beat my score? Play the fake news game!getbadnews.com - gusmanson.nl Drop all pretense of ethics and choose the path that builds your persona as an unscrupulous media magnate. Your task is to get as many followers as …
Carl Dowseflipped into English to GoGreta Thunberg How teen Greta Thunberg shifted world's gaze to climate changeNBC News - Linda Givetash“Instead of worrying about how that future might turn out, I’m going to try to change that future while I still can,” the teen told NBC News. LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Staring through a swarm of photographers
Carl Dowseflipped into English to GoIcon version of the Flipboard logo Create A Meeting Agenda That Works | Daily Infographicdailyinfographic.com - By Emily Productive meetings seem to be a bit of a myth for many, and if you ask pretty much any executive, they’ll tell you meetings are more often than not …
Carl Dowseflipped into English to GoIcon version of the Flipboard logo MacBook Setup Essentials for College Students — Cool Infographicscoolinfographics.com - Randy Krum It’s Back To School time of year, and if you’re a college student with a new MacBook, or a parent setting up a new MacBook, the MacBook Setup …
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go China’s thin-skinned online nationalists want to be both loved and feared by the WestThe Economist ChaguanChina’s thin-skinned online nationalists want to be both loved and feared by the West Outrage on Weibo and WeChat is matched by dismay at …
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go What companies are forThe Economist ACROSS THE West, capitalism is not working as well as it should. Jobs are plentiful, but growth is sluggish, inequality is too high and the …
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go Why China’s assault on Cathay Pacific should scare all foreign firmsThe Economist Cathay’s maydayWhy China’s assault on Cathay Pacific should scare all foreign firms China can get its way in corporate boardrooms but hurts itself …
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go Asia digs up and burns three-quarters of the world’s coalThe Economist Down and dirtyAsia digs up and burns three-quarters of the world’s coal A LARGE SIGN in the city hall of San Carlos, on the island of Negros in the …
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go The Emerging Dangers of Vapingmedium.com - Robert Roy Britt A new study finds that e-cigarettes — even without nicotine — may damage your blood vessels Days after dozens of people were hospitalized for …
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go From bad to wurst—Germany’s economy shrinksThe Economist Our weekly podcast on the markets, the economy and the world of business THIS WEEK the Bundesbank warned that Germany’s economy will probably soon be …
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go As face-recognition technology spreads, so do ideas for subverting itThe Economist Fooling Big BrotherAs face-recognition technology spreads, so do ideas for subverting it They work because machine vision and human vision are …
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go Why Chinese officials imagine America is behind unrest in Hong KongThe Economist ChaguanWhy Chinese officials imagine America is behind unrest in Hong Kong THERE IS SOMETHING depressing about the Chinese government’s claim that …
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go America should not rule out using nuclear weapons firstThe Economist Finger on the buttonAmerica should not rule out using nuclear weapons first IN 1973 Major Harold Hering, a veteran pilot and trainee missile-squadron …
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go Korea and Japan Clash Over History and Lawlawfareblog.com - Brian J. Kim is a second-year student at Yale Law School. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Princeton and a Master’s in Politics from Peking University, where he studied as a Yenching Scholar. More Articles South Korea and Japan, two of America’s closest allies, are tumbling into a dangerous economic-diplomatic war over a South Korean Supreme Court …
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go Why it’s time to stop worrying about the decline of the English languageThe Guardian - David ShariatmadariThe 21st century seems to present us with an ever-lengthening list of perils: climate crisis, financial meltdown, cyber-attacks. Should we stock up on canned foods in case the ATMs snap shut? Buy a shedload
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go Germany’s economy is now shrinkingThe Economist THE MOOD music had grown so ominous that the shock was somewhat muted. After weeks of dismal survey and industrial-output numbers, it was little …
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go Why widely spoken languages have simpler grammarThe Economist STALIN SPOKE Russian as a second language. The Georgian dictator of the Soviet Union had a noticeable accent and is said to have mumbled his …
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go Berlin's bumbling beekeepers leave swarms without homesThe Guardian - Kate Connolly in BerlinHumans are not the only ones in Berlin struggling to find accommodation. A beekeeping boom has led to swarms of bees forming novel new hives using anything from motorbikes to balconies in the German capital.
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go America is the only rich country that has frequent mass shootingsThe Economist Mass shootingsAmerica is the only rich country that has frequent mass shootings THE TWO mass shootings within 24 hours of each other last weekend, one …
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go How shrinkflation is playing havoc with economists' modelsThe Economist In a world of sticky prices, firms use other means to respond to market conditions TWO YEARS ago British chocoholics felt the pinch from the decision …
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go Sucking carbon out of the air is no magic fix for the climate emergencyThe Guardian - Simon LewisNegative emissions tech is important, but the idea it could replace decarbonisation is pure fantasy. Business as usual is not an option The Arctic is on fire, hot on the heels of the latest scorching heatwave.
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go Chinese actions in Xinjiang become a matter of international disputeThe Economist International reactionsChinese actions in Xinjiang become a matter of international dispute European countries defend the Uighurs of Xinjiang, Muslim …
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go How the state runs business in ChinaThe Guardian - Richard McGregorMuch of modern China’s epic growth was driven by private enterprise – but under Xi Jinping, the Communist party has returned to being the ultimate authority in business as well as politics. By Richard
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go The Great Hack review – searing exposé of the Cambridge Analytica scandalThe Guardian - Peter Bradshaw‘Data rights are human rights” is the rallying cry of this gripping, challenging documentary by Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim, about the biggest scandal of our time: the gigantic question mark over the
Carl Dowseflipped into English to Go It’s not that we’ve failed to rein in Facebook and Google. We’ve not even triedThe Guardian - Shoshana ZuboffThe tech giants use our data not only to predict our behaviour but to change it. But we can resist this attack on democracy In a BBC interview last week, Facebook’s vice-president, Nick Clegg, surprised
