29 Dec 2024
Make Trade Not War? - Philippe Martin, Thierry Mayer, and Mathias Thoenig (2008)
Text commentary - 6 pages - Economy general
In The Spirit of Laws, the French political philosopher Montesquieu wrote that "the natural effect of trade is to bring about peace. Two nations which trade together render themselves reciprocally dependent." This idea that trade leads to peace has been a guiding principle of globalization. The...
15 Nov 2021
Computerised farming: the cow of tomorrow - The Economist (2019) - How and what means do companies use to computerise the breeding of cows?
Text commentary - 1 pages - Economy general
Today, computers have made it possible to control computers, programs and even robots, which is fascinating, but the idea of the machine taking over from humans can be terrifying. This idea is quite justified to cross our mind considering the evolution of computer science which has evolved to...
