Les crises de colère lancées par les chauffeurs de taxi à travers le monde, en ce qui concerne les services de covoiturage tels que Uber ou Heetch, sont révélatrices d’un monopole moribond. Si votre chauffeur de taxi n’était pas en colère contre l’économie du partage, alors cette dernière ne serait pas efficace. (L’Echo)
[REPORTAGE] Facebook-Hearing: Reaktiounen zu Bréissel
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg realiséiert, an ass den 23. Mee ausgestraalt ginn. De Beitrag kann och am Replay op http://www.rtl.lu nogelauschtert ginn. [Radio USO]: Um Dënschden-Owend war de Facebook-Hearing mam Mark Zuckerberg am Europaparlament zu Bréissel. No dem Skandal mat Cambridge Analytica ass et drëms gaangen de Facebook Grënner iwwer Changementer an der Politik […]
The Trump administration gets ethanol reform right
At the end of 2017, a number of President Trump’s nominations to important government positions were held up by lawmakers that were pressing for reform of the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
Taxation digitale: l’opposition du gouvernement n’est pas suffisante
Dans le débat sur la fiscalité de l’économie numérique, le positionnement du Luxembourg ne concerne pas tant le sens à donner à la taxe en question, mais s’axe plutôt vers la compétitivité.
Do we ever recognise how much awesome free stuff there is on the internet?
The amount of stories and commentary in mainstream news sources about how the internet ruins childhood, attention spans and social interactions, is immense. If you were to arrive in this day and age with a time-machine from the 1960s, you’d think that the internet was the first possible thing one could possibly use: giant corporations […]
Do we really need registration to use pornographic websites?
In a move to protect the privacy of individuals and shield children from sexually explicit content, the United Kingdom wants to introduce a rule that requires adult users to buy so-called “porn passes” in stores, in order to verify their age online. While not necessarily being a restriction on people’s choices, the move is a […]
Automation isn’t a threat to our economy
Will robots take my job?’ is a frequently asked question today. So frequent, in fact, that there is even a website – willrobotstakemyjob.com – attempting to answer precisely that question with a statistically accurate calculation. It suggests that a credit analyst, for example, is running a 98 per cent chance of being computerised, while an editor at […]
EU-nationalism is a monster of our own creation
Whenever there is a crisis, there are a num- ber of ways to deal with it. It stands to reason, in most situations, that an organisation re-evaluates the way it has been conducting itself, which may or may not have lead to the crisis in the first place. Brexit is such an opportunity for the […]
Так что же наконец такое европейские ценности?
По мере хода переговоров по «Брекзиту» и попыткам Европейского союза предотвратить исход еще большего числа государств-членов из объединения, постоянно поднимается вопрос о «европейских ценностях». Тех, кто критикует ЕС обвиняют в том, что они не разделяют общих ценностей, которые необходимо защитить. Вопрос, которым необходимо задаться: так что же наконец такое европейские ценности?
We should consider increasing private policing
Last month, the Daily Mail newspaper in the United Kingdom published a viral story about a private police force which has proven to be very effective. The company, TM Eye, is lead by former Scotland Yard senior officers, and has a conviction rate of 100 per cent. The key: this police force has been taking on offences […]