What explains Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine in 2022? Drawing on a new study, Lars-Erik Cederman, Yannick I. Pengl, Luc Girardin and Carl Müller-Crepon write that nationalism – rather than realist geopolitics – lies at the heart of the conflict. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked many observers in the West. Clearly, the … Read more
If there’s any doubt that mainframes will have a place in the AI future, many organizations running the hardware are already planning for it. While the 60-year-old mainframe platform wasn’t created to run AI workloads, 86% of business and IT leaders surveyed by Kyndryl say they are deploying, or plan to deploy, AI tools or … Read more
. In my role as Mr. Money Mustache, I do my best to be your one-stop-shop for Lifestyle Guru ideas. So over the years we’ve covered not just the Money side of life, but also the even more important stuff like health and fitness and the psychology of better, happier living. But there’s one single … Read more
Living in Poland, I have got used to using their local system for payments called BLIK. The way BLIK works is that you access your bank account app, enter a code, get a code back and make a payment at a point-of-sale, ATM, online or anywhere that needs a payment approved. The reason I like … Read more
What caught my eye this week. How filthy rich would you be if you could see tomorrow’s newspapers today – and then trade on the back of your unfair insight? Actually, many people could end up poorer. At least that’s the takeaway of new research by Victor Haghani and James White of Elm Partners Management. … Read more
