Walter Owen Bentley: Refinement Delivered at Speed

Born in 1888 in Hampstead, Walter Owen Bentley was the youngest in a family of nine children. Fascinated to near-obsession…

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Saudi Arabia’s Capital Market: Foreign Investors Told “Not Just Yet”

The regulator of the Saudi Arabia stock market – by far the largest of the Gulf Region – isn’t making…

10 years ago

José Mujica: At Long Last – A Politician to Admire

The South American country of Uruguay does not often make for headline news. It’s a relatively well-developed and prosperous place…

10 years ago

Europe’s First Transnational List has been Presented by the European Federalist Party

Europe's first transnational list has been presented by the European Federalist Party and covers 6 countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Greece,…

10 years ago

Otaviano Canuto, World Bank Group: Macroeconomics and Stagnation – Keynesian-Schumpeterian Wars

Policy makers in the advanced economies at the core of the global financial crisis can make the claim that they…

10 years ago

Booz & Company’s Ideation Center: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in the Middle East

One of the greatest challenges in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is to bring more women into the…

10 years ago

Bassem Youssef: Confronting Power with Laughter and Ridicule

“You can’t laugh and be afraid at the same time – of anything. If you’re laughing, I defy you to be afraid.”…

11 years ago

Ai Weiwei: Free Expression in Art and Politics

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but that doesn’t deter Ai Weiwei from asking questions, ruffling feathers and expressing opinions…

11 years ago

Robert Shiller: Making Sense of the Irrationality of Markets

The question of what motivates a trader to buy or sell shares at any particular moment is probably as old…

11 years ago

United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS): Infrastructure to Empower Women

On the face of it, building a road is simply about connecting two points. In reality, a road is so…

11 years ago