2030 AGENDA: ITALY IS ALREADY LAGGING BEHIND
Giovannini’s Asvis raises the alarm about Italy’s backward steps in gender equality and the fight against inequalities, but we are also far from the goals set by the European Commission in the fight against poverty, health protection, quality of work and infrastructure. Italy is taking a step backwards on nine of the 17 […]
HIGH TECH USA: QUARTERLY REPORTS, TIK TOK AND DIGITAL SUPREMATISM [FIRSTONLINE]
Through videos and post shots, the major social networks are more and more intertwined with the global geopolitical structures and the hegemonic aims of the big blocks in the East and West – The China-India duel and the Tik Tok case – Digital services and IT at the centre of stock markets. During the week […]
TURKEY, THE PLAN OF ERDOGAN FOR THE CONQUEST OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
After the agreement with Libya, Turkey’s maritime expansionism, guaranteed by the Blue Country Plan, aims to block any ambition of Cyprus, Greece, Egypt and Israel to organize gas transportation in the Mediterranean without Turkey – even at the cost of challenging Europe: what will Merkel’s presidency of the EU do? While fears of a second […]
SMART WORKING: THE URGENT NEED FOR NEW RULES AND FOR A DIGITAL REVOLUTION
The Coronavirus emergency and the closure of schools have boosted smart working, which now must go beyond the trial phase and be regulated by contracts and by a new law, without forgetting the urgency of a qualitative leap in technology and of overcoming the digital divide. The reopening of economic activities, after the emergency phase […]
DIGITAL SCHOOL, FINANCIAL EDUCATION AND SMART WORKING: THERE IS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO
The Italian education system has made enormous efforts to adapt to the needs of the lockdown, but in order to truly affirm the right to an education linked to the labour market and the digitization of schools, the system needs strong reforms. Global Thinking Foundation is helping spread financial education throughout Italy and beyond with […]
HUNGARY AND POLAND KILL DEMOCRACY: EU, NO MORE AID
It is time for Europe to wake up – The Coronavirus health emergency was only an excuse, but the anti-democratic leap of Orban and Poland had long been planned and requires a strong response from the European Union, starting with cutting financial support. There are numerous side effects of the pandemic caused by Covid-19. Certainly, […]
BRAZIL, BOLSONARO: THE FIRST GOLPE IN THE COVID-19 ERA?
After multiple skidding and the unforgivable initial underestimation of the Coronavirus, Brazilian President Bolsonaro has lost a lot of consensus and has been de facto taken over by the military who have greatly increased their weight in the Government as oil and exports to China collapse. In the last few days there have been rumors […]
GLOBAL DISORDER 4: THE CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE MARKETS: IRAN AT THE CENTRE OF WAR TENSIONS
The growing tension between the U.S. and Iran, and Erdogan’s advance in North Africa, weigh on financial markets and put them on the defensive without any particular shocks. Many private equity funds are ready to compete for volatility. The killing of Qassem Soleimani, head of the Al Quds Forces, had been planned for some time […]