Time for a Magna Carta for the digital era?
The interface of technology, law and morality has increasingly become a source of friction in the early years of the 21st century
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Tech meets politics: the battle continues
“Without exception we are responsible for the results of our actions and the influence we have on society,” so taught the Italian humanist Vittorino da Feltre (1373-1446) in the fourteenth century. Today, this lesson is often forgotten,…
Europe’s regional question
Will Freddy Heineken be proven right after all? Will Europe function better, both politically and economically, if divided into smaller, autonomous regions? In 1992, the Dutch beer magnate published a book called The United States of Europe…
Knowing the nation: data and the need for vision
"Give me control of a nation's money supply, and I care not who makes its laws", Mayer Amschel Rothschild, the patriarch of the powerful French-British banking dynasty allegedly once said. In the Rothschild era those who controlled the…
A reassuring election result, the Dutch way
The Dutch have spoken. Even before the official election results are announced, one can conclude that Mark Rutte, with his liberal right VVD-party, has won by a landslide. It was an unexpected victory that caused great relief, not only in…