Forget “oligarchs”, MNCs dominate American Politics

Germany is leading European drive to reduce dependence on America for space-based intelligence, says US group’s CEO

As the wealthiest German merchant family of the sixteenth century, the Fuggers have attracted wide scholarly attention. In contrast to the other famou

Index provider MSCI raises prospect of cutting Turkey from emerging market to frontier status amid accusations of ‘co-ordinated trading’ by fund managers

Anthropic built a 24/7 intelligence operation to monitor AI activists, classifying dissent alongside terrorism while paying security guards just $22 an hour.

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In Legal Weapons of the Wealthy, Nikhil Kalyanpur examines a striking feature of today's global legal order: the use of foreign courts by elites to settle domestic disputes. On the surface, the "outso...

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Emily M. Bender and Nanna Inie In our op-ed for Tech Policy Press ("We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI'"), we made the case against the...

He is the richest man on earth. An explosive new film from the Oscar-winning director suggests he also may be among the most dangerous.

Italy is experiencing one of the hottest summers on record, and hundreds of thousands of Parmigiano Reggiano wheels can’t handle the heat.

In the ancient world, debt forgiveness was a regular tool to control the economy. Why have we forgotten it?

Flamingo missiles were used. A good achievement."

A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took …

Bean counters, bureaucrats, and barbarians are to blame.

On the continent’s industrial development agenda for the twenty-first century

In 2000, Paulina Borsook published a book foretelling the anti-government sentiments of the tech world. Now that it’s too late, people are ready to listen.

This special issue unpacks the transformation of industrial policy among non-hegemonic powers (NHPs) by bridging otherwise compartmentalized debates within comparative political economy and interna...

Künstliche Intelligenz ist dabei, menschliche Arbeit überflüssig zu machen. Die Mittelschicht bangt, die Techbosse profitieren, die Demokratie ist in Gefahr. Naht das Ende des Kapitalismus, das Karl M...

Rebuilding Foundations and Hope: Creative Reconstruction in aMoment of Disruption

Doubts over the cost and benefits of university have made the alternative route highly desirable, but huge demand means many young people are missing out

The professor, a longtime critic of the university, was among 19 educators who lost their positions as the institution navigated financial woes.

The proposed policy would particularly affect Silicon Valley, Wall Street and universities.

The Department of Transportation is proposing to exempt commercial space launch licensing from many environmental regulations.

How the US's long push to deregulate outer space led to SpaceX's dominance of the skies

How the US's long push to deregulate outer space led to SpaceX's dominance of the skies

This special issue unpacks the transformation of industrial policy among non-hegemonic powers (NHPs) by bridging otherwise compartmentalized debates within comparative political economy and interna...

How the US's long push to deregulate outer space led to SpaceX's dominance of the skies

Sociology has long been tasked with investigating society’s most pressing challenges. But these days, sociologists’ greatest obstacle may be themselves.