Why would a man in Morocco who does not have enough to eat buy a television? Why would poor households in China consume less rice and wheat when they become cheaper? Questions like these puzzle policy-makers and economists alike but need to be answered in order to formulate effective remedies for feeding the hungry. Anti-poverty [...]
On the 11th of January, Aaron Swartz, prodigal computer programmer and one of the fiercest advocates of free online information, committed suicide in his New York apartment, at the age of 26. He was in the midst of a protracted trial against the US government, facing charges of intellectual theft and hacking, amongst others. His [...]
This year in France, the candidate that spent the most during his campaign is now President of the Republic. Presidential campaigns are very expensive, but some more so than others. The race to the White House in 2012 cost more than 5.4 times the race to the Elysée (at the end of September, more than [...]
