Innovation

What Was the Greatest Era for Innovation? A Brief Guided Tour|NYT

Sat 21/05/2016

Which was a more important innovation: indoor plumbing, jet air travel or mobile phones? Source: What Was the Greatest Era for Innovation? A Brief Guided Tour

After Trump and Brexit, is this the end for the Anglo-Saxon west? | Timothy Garton Ash

Sat 05/08/2017

Those who welcome the prospect of decline in Britain and the US should be careful what they wish for, argues Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash Source: After Trump and Brexit, is this the end for [...]

ZDNet The Apple Core: Why Apple gadgets can’t be made in the U.S.

Mon 23/01/2012

Jason D. O’Grady writes on ZDNet Why Apple gadgets can’t be made in the U.S.: “During Thursday night’s debate in South Carolina CNN host and moderator John King asked the four remaining GOP candidates their opinions about [...]

Economist: Bonuses redux Contra cap

Tue 05/03/2013

The Economist’s Schumpeter says that the British government and the EU should not cap bankers’ bonuses: http://www.economist.com/node/21573008 It’s not about flexibility and bankers’ bonuses: it’s about organizations and people who hold the whole economy hostage and [...]

Raising a Truly Bilingual Child|NYT

Mon 24/07/2017

Don’t assume that young children’s natural language abilities will lead to true grown-up language skills without a good deal of effort. Source: Raising a Truly Bilingual Child

Belgique. Molenbeek, un nid de djihadistes | Courrier international

Fri 18/03/2016

Si ce quartier de Bruxelles est devenu un nid de terroristes, c’est surtout parce que les élites belges refusent de regarder la réalité en face, estime cet anthropologue néerlandais. Source: Belgique. Molenbeek, un nid de djihadistes [...]

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Putin’s dangerous chess game: Ukraine, Europe and the West under attack – ELfR

Russian Propaganda and disinformation with Dietmar Pichler – ELfR

Nuclear and renewable energies: Discussion – Panel European Liberals for Reform

Get the Children Out! Forgotten Heroes of the Kindertransport – European Liberals for Reform Webinar

Metropa The European Supermetro Network Vision to Become Reality? ELfR webinar

Prospects for change in Russia & Europe’s role in Russia’s political transformation – ELfR

30th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union

Prospects for change in Russia & Europe’s role in Russia’s political transformation: European Liberals for Reform Webinar

European Culture: Aranjuez

The Daily Miracle

Will Russia attack Ukraine? “There are no rational arguments, but Russia is not rational”

Polish parliament targets TVN with media law

Human Rights day 2021

I bet you’ve never heard about the U3A?

Modelling and simulation based on examples from transportation and health care” with Paweł Kołodziejczyk – ELfR event

Prospects for change in Russia & Europe’s role in Russia’s political transformation – ELfR webinar

Disinformation and Media Literacy – ELfR panel discussion

How can we prevent future pandemics? – ELfR webinar on 07 December 2021

Human Trafficking by Geoff Corre

World TV day 2021

What Was the Greatest Era for Innovation? A Brief Guided Tour|NYT