We see so many problems around the globe. Experts are warning about massive inflation, we see forests burning. The ocean is full of plastic rubbish. The COVID-19 pandemic halted the world economy. The virus and the lockdown measures are costing millions of lives. What role does corruption play, and why is it our world’s most important problem? Which tools can be design to fight corruption once and for all?
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Corruption – Solving the World’s Most Important Problem
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17 min read
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Avoiding Ghettos with Quotas
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5 min read
Denmark announced in March that it plans to limit the number of “non-Western” residents in neighborhoods to a maximum of 30%. The plan is to avoid the emergence of parallel societies and ghettos. This unexpectedly was a great opportunity for the sensational media to formulate attention grabbing headlines. However, in this article I want distance myself from attention grabbing headlines and talk about how quotas might actually establish a more equal and fair society – especially for immigrants.
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Let International Students Study for Free
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5 min read
When it comes to education, what sets apart most European countries to Anglo-Saxon countries – especially the United States of America – are tuition fees. While students in Germany, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Finland, Belgium, and counting can study at minimal or no costs, students in the United States, Canada, and Australia do easily pay more than $4,000 just for tuition fees.
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Stop the Political Short-Termism
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3 min read
In our Western democracies, what are the largest obstacles we face in our political system? Obstacles countries like China e.g. don’t face. The largest issue we see in our Western political systems is a result of short election periods.
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Fighting Fake News
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3 min read
A Trustworthiness Index
Fake news was most likely one of the most heard and used terms in 2017. The term is used to describe untrustworthy or false reporting in the mainstream media. It is also used to explain the phenomena where Facebook users randomly share false Facebook headlines which were published, i.e. by an ultra-left or ultra-right Facebook page. Both channels are the reason why as many people as never before have been in contact with the actual fake news.
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Last night, Emanuel Macron, the presidential candidate for the French election on Sunday, claims that he and his campaign are victims of a massive computer hack. This is happening to a strange point in time.
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Why Banning Technology is Stupid
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8 min read
Last Saturday I read the article “You’re Fired” which was published in the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT. Steven Hill the author of the article is of the opinion that we should forbid certain technologies.
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The world and left-oriented press and media are reporting non-stop about Donald Trump and the Brexit. Are these election results simply results of racism?
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The European Union as an Innovation Hub: A Vision
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5 min read
Innovation is a key driver for growth and it is the key
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On Tax Havens and Citizens
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3 min read
Donald Trump’s campaign was all about creating jobs and making America great again. We all heard it often enough. He wants to create jobs by fixing a system which is broken since a long time.
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