Many of us are probably familiar with the saying “A camera never lies” or “A picture tells more than a 1000 words”. These sayings, as true as they once were, might not be as accurate in the world we live in today. Technologies such as Adobe Photoshop enable everyone with a computer and some
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Microfinance in the form of microcredits was born in the 1970s. The original idea of its founder and Nobel prize winner Muhammad Yunus was to provide the poor in less developed countries with an opportunity to take small loans of, for instance, $20. This money is given to people who lack access to conventional banks
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The interview with Mr. Wallace-Wells
On the 27th of March Room for Discussion is cooperation with Spui25 and book publisher “De Bezige Bij” hosted an event with David Wallace-Wells. During the event Mr. Wallace-Wells presented his book “The Uninhabitable Earth”, was interview by Room for Discussion and answered some audience questions. The article by Timothy Mulder introduces Mr. Wallace-Wells and his
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A little has been told about mental diseases and its importance for the well-functioning of the economy. The aim of this article is not to give an exhaustive explanation of how mental disorders happen, neither to talk about how to face them, but to give some figures about them and to make a call to
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Regardless of the lens from which one examines a society’s past, the conflict between masses and sovereignty always appears to be of paramount relevance. From the Ancient Athens and Roman Empire to contemporaneity, the fight for supremacy has in principle remained unchanged, although taking rather diverse forms throughout the ages. Socrates, widely recognized as the
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Climate change is considered, now, as a threat multiplier to human security. And, those who did the least to cause climate change would be the first in the line of fire: the poor and the weak, and communities that were subjected to discrimination. To give you an idea of how severe is the poverty situation
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