ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
Berhanu Anteneh In 2012 the famous French actor Gérard Depardieu moved his home across the border to Belgium to avoid paying a hefty surtax on incomes over 1 million euros. The ease with which Depardieu avoided taxes made international news. A young French economist named Gabriel Zucman followed the events with avid interest, as he had recently …
For decade after decade in the United States, children typically stayed healthier and lived longer than the generation that came before them. The country, it seemed to Anne Case, had been doing something right. By the late 1960s, advances in vaccines and antibiotics had helped extend the average American lifespan to nearly 70, about 50 percent longer than …
Although there are many explanations for Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, voters’ views of the U.S. economy may have been decisive. In polling shortly before the election, more than 60 percent of voters in swing states agreed with the idea that the economy was on the wrong track, and even higher …
Could it happen here? Could a Donald Trump tribute act sweep into power in the UK, trash the existing order and overwhelm the system with a series of outlandish and extreme measures before anyone had a chance to catch their breath? There are two theories of British exceptionalism which we tell to reassure ourselves that …
Who should govern us? In the current climate of resentment against authority and elites, who are best equipped to rule our country? Should our governments always consist of the best and the brightest? Or should we rather aim at regimes that are representing the citizens both on a social-economic and an educational level? Learn from …
Alliance for Civics in the Academy) Scholars at the Hoover Institution have created a new national alliance of civics educators tasked with reinvigorating the teaching of civics at American universities to better equip graduates to participate in modern democracy. Hoover Institution (Stanford, CA) — Scholars at the Hoover Institution have created a new national alliance …
(Matteo Colombo/Stone/Getty Images) Humans are not yet done cooking. We’re continuing to evolve and adjust to the world around us, the records of our adaptations written in our bodies. We know that there are some environments that can make us unwell. Mountain climbers often succumb to altitude sickness – the body’s reaction to a significant drop in …
The world declared it couldn’t be done. Scientists scoffed, corporations turned a blind eye, and even assassins attempted to silence him. Yet, Maxwell Chikumbutso, a self-taught inventor from Zimbabwe, stood firm. Now, he’s introduced technology that could revolutionize the globe and shake up industries in the process! Introducing the Kaiyi Saith, an electric car that …