Online Articles

When the Internet became commercially available at the end of the 20th century, people thought it would be a powerful tool that would favour democracy worldwide. Consistent with the free-market…

This article analyses the disparity between the substance of what was announced and the language put around it by the ECB, mainly in the press release on its Monetary Policy…

Consumer prices started rising in 2021, and the rise has quickly gathered speed. Many politicians and central bankers were caught by surprise. They initially claimed that price inflation was provoked…

As emphasized in June, the law establishing the Italian universal-minimum-income programme (RdC) also puts the Ministry of Labor and Social Policies — the same authority that advocated its adoption —…

In January 2021 the UK left the EU single market and customs union, but, only eighteenth months on, some within Boris Johnson’s own party are starting to have second thoughts…

In a poll administered in the US in 2020, 40 percent of individuals expressed a favorable view of socialism. This result is sharper for younger generations – 35 percent of…

As part of the White House 2023 fiscal year budget, President Joe Biden announced the introduction of a new tax on the wealthiest Americans: the “Billionaire Minimum Income Tax.” The…

The idea of ​​providing an unconditional income to everyone, regardless of whether «the person is rich or poor, lives alone or with others, is willing to work or not» (Van…

Corona bonuses for the public sector, mask vouchers for pensioners, and state-subsidized family vacations – feel-good policies are making a big comeback in the wake of the pandemic. However, the administrative, marketing, and procurement…

History is full of prophecies that have proved wrong. Among these, the one elaborated by the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama about 30 years ago certainly deserves a prominent place.…