It was a grenade lobbed into the tenuous peace between Apple and Facebook – a software update that explicitly asked iPhone users whether an app should…
US
After a volatile week, a Bitcoin was still worth about 40,000 USD last month. That is still quite valuable, something Bitcoin enthusiast have been eager to…
Brexit• Economy• Europe
Europe’s Recovery Fund – No Rush as Brussels needs the right design for holding members to commitments
May 2021It is almost a year since French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Angela Merkel threw their weight behind the idea of an EU recovery fund…
Manufacturing in my opinion matters a lot! While it has become increasingly automated and globalized over the past several decades, it still holds a special place…
Cryptocurrencies
The Business Life Cycle of Central Banks – Central Banks upcoming Digital Currencies (CBDS) against Cryptocurrencies and why that matters
May 2021This year, Bitcoin has mesmerized many investors. Never mind the fact that it has doubled in price, after tripling in 2020; nor that figures such as…
We are in a global baby bust of unprecedented proportions. It is far from over and its implications are gravely underestimated. The worldwide fertility rate has…
Although mass vaccination campaigns are picking up speed in the West, the end of the Covid-19 pandemic still is not even in sight. For that, the…
Economy• Technology
Surveillance Capitalism – Big Tech Must Share Profits With Traditional Media
April 2021Recently Facebook carried out what may have been the single largest content takedown in its history. Any content that looked vaguely like news, even if it…
Cryptocurrencies• Economy
The Big Tech Nightmare – The Anti – Democratic Surveillance Capitalism
April 2021Two decades ago, the American government left democracy’s front door open to California’s fledgling internet companies, a cozy fire lit in welcome. In the years that…
A little over 100 years ago, there was a bubble asset that rose and fell wildly over the course of a decade. People who held it…