In the face of organized lies, organized truth. How can we combat post-truth? With pre-truth, a concept coined and defined by Enrique Sueiro as the conscious respect for reality — offering a foundation of verification on which diverse opinions and free behavior can stand. The...
Crises, in the past, have been cyclical events in economic history. However, we are currently experiencing an acceleration of these cycles with shorter time span in-between major events. In a period of 20 years, from 2001 to 2021, we have lived three global major crisis...
In the face of anxiety and confusion over the direction of a rapidly changing world, this text provides context, clarity, and outlines future scenarios. The world is plunging into a new, turbulent era marked by power struggles between global forces and social classes. Accumulated resentments and...
“To supply is to engage in the oldest dance” So says Ahmad Ghannoum, as he reflects on the origins of his fascinating journey in supply, trade, andgeopolitics, beginning as a young man in the 2000’s on the modernizing Silk Road and beyond. A sense of...
This book presents an introductory and comprehensive history of the Slavic-speaking peoples who inhabited Eastern and Southern Europe during the 700-year period stretching from the first archaeological and historical records to the establishment of their first organised polities. The book isorganised thematically (social organisation, politics and...
In this interdisciplinary book, Giulio Allevato explores how the non-fiscal function of the taxing power has contributed to the establishment,consolidation, and maintenance of an effective power to govern in modern nation states. Innovative in its historical approach, this book illustrates howthe link between non-budgetary tax...
This study uncovers the plethora of new, innovative drawing strategies that shaped French visual arts at the height of France’s imperial power. HoraceLecoq de Boisbaudran, Eugene Guillaume, and Félix Ravaisson, among others, designed new drawing procedures that responded to leading concernsof modern art and the...
Quantum computing is not merely an incremental advancement in computing technology; it represents a fundamentally new paradigm, distinct from classical computing. Rooted in quantum mechanics, it introduces an entirely novel information theory. As a result, translating existing models, solution designs, and approaches to quantum computing...
A call to action for a stronger and more competitive European Union capable of standing up to the United States, China, and India. “We are fortunate to have been born in Europe at the right time, and we must do everything in our power not to...
It is estimated that, over the next 25 years, 50% to 60% of family business wealth will be transferred to a new generation globally. This will take place in a context defined by technological disruption, globalization, and continuous geopolitical and economic challenges, where family businesses...
What if the history of Spain were the greatest series you’ve never seen? Marcelino Lominchar revolutionized social media by revealing that Spain’s past is brimming with moments worthy of the best TV seasons: palace betrayals, unlikely heroes, and plot twists no screenwriter would dare to invent....
Glocalization, which can be defined as globalization refracted through the local, has been proposed as one of the most potent and innovative theoretical frameworks in the humanities and social sciences at this moment. However, its full application to and potential for archaeological studies has yet...
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