Mark Power
Italian constitutional “crisis”? Keep calm and carry on!
European markets and politicians have reacted allergically to Italy’s difficulty of forming a new government. Their worries are overblown ..
Electric cars won’t save the planet (yet)
Electric cars are being hailed as revolutionary in the fight against climate change. Yet their high emission levels during production and ..
Discorsivo’s political calendar of 2017
2016 was a turbulent year in all respects – socially, economically, politically. Against the backdrop of the post-truth era the British vo..
Scotland and the EU: Torn between two worlds
Remaining part of the United Kingdom or becoming a sovereign state within the EU? Scotland’s governing party SNP is at a crossroads: A wro..
Mission to Mars: How humans could spoil the Utopia
The rockets and engineers are gearing up for departure, but with the technological challenges in mind we easily forget that the true obsta..
Never trust an economist! Lessons from the 2008 crisis
In his new book, the Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang argues that we should overthrow and re-adapt all our economic wisdoms. But can such..
Primi test F1: la stagione 2016 parte da Barcellona
Finalmente ricomincia la stagione 2016 e lo fa con i test F1 di Barcellona: oltre alle novità di quest’anno, si stanno delineando all’oriz..
Destra/sinistra a 3/4 non manichei – Right/left on 3/4 not manichaean
Per Bertrand Russell, Lenin sarebbe stato un uomo davvero sincero e spontaneo, senza tracce d’egoismo, cui interessasse solo il bene della..
Le quattro mani che remano sul mondo – The four hands that row on world
Citiamo il drammaturgo Calderon De La Barca, dal suo libro La vita è sogno. Egli ricostruisce un eventuale “battibecco”, fra i quattro ele..