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By Mathieu Pollet · Jul 13, 2023 Lawmakers in the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee (LIBE) want to introduce an obligation for EU governments to
To commemorate the birthday of electro wizard Nikola Tesla, here’s an extended preamble into the unlikely and little-known story about the “other” Tesla that became a household name.
Dear Subscribers, Yes, yes. It’s another noon send out, but as ever it’s been a busy week and I’ve been working on a very special
As long-term readers will know, the Blind Spot operates in collaboration with Politico, where I am senior finance editor four days a week. In that
This is the ninth essay in a series of essays by Tim Ferguson, founder of the Anacyclosis Institute, arguing in favour of rationism, a middle-class-oriented
By Izabella Kaminska, Dan Bloom · Jul 5, 2023 LONDON — Like most banks these days, the Strand offices of Coutts, one of the U.K.’s
Dear Subscribers, Welcome to the weekend, and hopefully — for the first time in a while — a relatively timely (but, no doubt, format-muddled) send-out.
Welcome to the third episode of Season Two of the Leaked Lunch podcast with economist and author Guy Standing. The recording, which you can listen
By Ben Munster · Jun 29, 2023 The ECB and other central banks famously communicate monetary policy almost entirely through covert signals and coded messaging.
Dear Subscribers, As noted yesterday, this weekend’s newsletter has been split in two to better cover breaking news elements this Sunday. One of those breaking
Dear Subscribers, We come into Saturday evening with an apparent would-be coup being unwound in Russia, but also in the grips of two other high
Note to readers: The send out of our weekly newsletter has been postponed so that we can update for recent events and upcoming news we