Corruption Tax: This article explores how corruption and weak institutions undermine Africa’s chances of catching up with East Asia’s economic transformation.
This article examines whether the celebrated “startup nation†model—associated with Silicon Valley, Israel, and other high-tech hubs—can realistically be transplanted into Global South
This article examines whether the current sovereign debt crisis facing many countries in the Global South amounts to a new form of financial neo-colonialism.
This article explores how Gen Z is reshaping democracy across continents—from youth-led protests in Nigeria and Kenya to climate strikes in Europe and North America.
This article examines how climate change is reshaping global patterns of displacement and migration, and asks whether our current refugee and human-rights systems are fit for purpose.
Global Inequality: This article explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming work, wages, and inequality worldwide.
This article examines how global health and national health systems must change after COVID-19 to prepare for future pandemics.
Rationalism isn’t just a topic for dusty philosophy books — it still shapes the way we bank, vote, manage, and even burn out at work. This article explores the difference between rationalism and Cartesianism, showing how Descartes’ dream of pure, disembodied reason lives on in technocracy, metrics-obsessed workplaces, and “evidence-based†politics that often forget real bodies and lives. Drawing on classic philosophers, feminist and postcolonial critiques, and recent case studies from public health, economics, and management, it argues for a new, non-Cartesian rationalism: one that keeps reason at the center, but stays rooted in experience, justice, culture, and the messy reality of being human.
Demographic Explosion: Why Skills, Health, and Jobs Matter More Than Population Size.
Fast Growth: This article examines how fighting corruption and building strong public institutions are central to Africa’s long-term economic catch-up.