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Lexit: quando le migliori intenzioni rischiano di balcanizzare l’Europa
Sarebbe sufficiente guardare a cosa sta succedendo in UK o in Europa, per rendersi conto che il modello proposto da chi ha supportato la Lexit (Left+Exit: uscita a “sinistra” dall’Unione Europea o dalla moneta unica, …
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BREXIT – Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone
Yes, the UK has been a damaging force in the EU in the past couple of decades. The concept of the EU as solely (or mainly) a trade agreement has spread as a cancer and …
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USA 2016: a four-player game in a two party system.
On April 24th I was in New Haven (CT), visiting a friend in Yale. She was kind enough to give me a tour of the odd “Oxbridge” architecture characterising many of the buildings of the University, to …
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Il posto che non c’è
Per archivio, la email che ho inviato alla direttrice dell’Istituto di Neuroscienze del CNR, in cui chiedo spiegazioni sul funzionamento dei bandi di concorso da ricercatore di terzo livello (il più basso) presso il suo istituto. Rileggendo, probabilmente …
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Far left of centre is not too far
Quick comment on the democratic primaries before entering the science-politics problem (working on it!). It was “Michigan o muerte” on Monday and all the polls predicted death for Bernie. By Tuesday night it was clear the guy …