Concerns about the widespread displacement of workers by machines are not unfounded. Robots are more productive, do not get tired and can work round the clock. However, it is also …
Economy
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The introduction of customs and regulatory controls in the Irish Sea, provided for in the latest UK withdrawal agreement, would make Northern Ireland a very special economic area. Not quite …
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In their quest for competitiveness many countries are fixated on cutting the cost of labor, in particular by reducing social-insurance contributions. But it that the right solution? As French businesses …
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Alternatives économiques , Paris – Heavy and polluting urban SUVs now represent 40% of new car sales worldwide. See more. Source link
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Heavy and polluting urban SUVs now represent 40% of new car sales worldwide. Larger, heavier and more polluting: the list of sins attributed to SUVs (“sports utility vehicles”) was already …
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Chinese ICT investments in Europe: Are Chinese tech companies bluffing their way into the EU?
by hostLocked for years in digital alienation, the EU has set a new standard on data protection and privacy, wrestling back some control from Silicon Valley. But with the coming of …
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Seven years. It’s about what it took for Chinese AI startups, after catching the wave of the deep-learning revolution, to muster their forces. Reaching the point of Critical Mass, with …
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Thomas Piketty’s new book, “Capital and Ideology”, contains more than 160 graphs and about 10 tables which together tell a new story about inequality over the last two and a …
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Only half of Volkswagen’s problematic cars in our country have received a software update. Only four EU countries have done worse than Bulgaria with regards to the withdrawal of polluting …
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Germany is heading into recession and the USA might follow; Italy’s political crisis is worsening; Brexit uncertainty is deeper than ever; the China-USA trade war rages on; between Iran, Syria, …