international analysis and commentary

Big Tech’s Dickensian Crossroads

The words of Charles Dickens written over a century and a half ago, well before mass electricity and with coal still powering London, are remarkably suitable to the state of the tech sector, and of Western “big tech” players in particular,…

Biden-Harris: il ticket del realismo

 Con la scelta di Kamala Harris – che era uscita nettamente sconfitta dalle primarie democratiche – Joe Biden ha dato una configurazione chiara alla corsa per la Casa Bianca. Da una parte c’è appunto il “ticket” formato da un…

The American-style Covid-19 recession

Between a surge of Covid-19 cases, Black Lives Matter protests sweeping the country, and Donald Trump’s forays into authoritarianism, with national guard and secret police sent into cities to stop protesters, one thing seems to have slipped…