Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, Russia, US elections – all of these have lately been connected by one word – scandal. More specifically, data privacy scandal. The news about Facebook is not getting any better. Last Tuesday, Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, was scheduled to testify before two congressional committees amid the growing objections over the company’s
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I have been actively involved in student politics at the Faculty of Economics and Business for 2 years now, beginning in March 2015. Over the years, I have had different colleagues. I have had to work with members from other faculties, collaborate with them on projects, share insights and strategize about what is best for
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Yakuza, the Japanese mafia, is as far away as it gets from tattooed samurais that fight each other with katanas. The organization is more likely to resemble a very successful corporation that in 2015 had an estimated revenue of $80 Billion dollars. Unlike most organized crime groups, the yakuza is legal. (or at least, sort
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There is no doubt that we are constantly being surrounded by articles that emphasizes how polarized the income distribution of the world as it is now. Just last week, a report released by a group of politicians, business leaders and trade unions warned us that about two-third of global wealth would be possessed by just
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