Banca y mercados de capitales
This is why (and how) banks are regulated
When I was working as a reporter in 2008, I had the pleasure of covering the failure of my own bank.
John Letzing
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El cambio climático
Geoingeniería: ¿Podemos realmente creer en un Plan B para el clima?
A las 10:38 de una mañana de junio de 1991, explotó un volcán en Filipinas.
El cambio climático
How much faith can we have in backup plans for the climate?
At 10:38 on a June morning in 1991, a volcano in the Philippines exploded.
El cambio climático
‘Weird’ winter weather and reminders of a warming planet
A dusting of snow on the Hollywood sign that looms over Los Angeles is rare. But it happened last week, and on the same day that record heat was reported in Washington, DC, several degree...
Geopolitics
What are ‘shadow fleets’ and how do they hinder efforts to help Ukraine?
In December, the European Union banned imports of Russian crude oil by sea, and the EU and other major economies imposed a price cap – designed to keep essential exports flowing from one ...
Geopolitics
¿Cómo sería un "Plan Marshall" para Ucrania?
Europa no había sido testigo de un conflicto como la invasión de Ucrania desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Ahora puede ser necesario un esfuerzo de reconstrucción aún más ambicioso.
Geopolitics
What would a ‘Marshall Plan’ for Ukraine look like?
Europe hasn’t witnessed a conflict like this since World War Two. Now, an even more ambitious reconstruction effort may be required.
El cambio climático
How much has been spent already to retreat from rising seas?
Taholah sits beside some of the most stunningly beautiful nature in the world, less than a three-hour drive from the corporate offices and crowded cafes of central Seattle.
Arte y Cultura
This is why it’s crucial to track and preserve Ukraine’s cultural heritage
When Ukrainian troops recently liberated Kherson after an eight-month Russian occupation of the city, something deeply symbolic was missing.
ESG
What is ‘greenhushing’ and is it really a cause for concern?
Sometimes good intentions are not rewarded.
El futuro del progreso económico
California’s economy may surpass Germany’s, but what’s beneath the numbers?
“The future always looks good in a golden land,” one of California’s most clear-eyed chroniclers wrote, “because no one remembers the past.”
El futuro del progreso económico
Labour squeeze: Is immigration the answer to widespread worker shortages?
Several years after a financially strapped New York City was denied federal assistance in 1975, it commenced a period of economic revival mostly remembered in terms of zealous, broken-win...
El futuro del progreso económico
The impact of capitalism on poverty maybe isn’t what you assume
The historical record is a bit fuzzy, but we seem to be nearing the 300th anniversary of the birth of Adam Smith, the Scottish philosopher lionized and villainized as the father of modern...
El futuro del progreso económico
What’s new is old: how economic discontent triggered unrest in the past
The French Revolution, a traumatic event that ultimately cost millions of lives and kickstarted modern Europe, was preceded by an estimated 55% rise in the cost of bread. That’s a smaller...
El futuro de la energía
How firewood became the latest economic indicator
The president of a country supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and weaponization of energy no longer being supplied to Europe, recently had himself filmed chopping firewood. “Europea...