Rostra Economica

Do you own anything? I mean, really own anything? Or do you just rent everything from someone else? That’s the question that haunts me...

There is general acceptance of two modern-day behemoths: looming global recession and the boundless economic potential of artificial...

The term ‘technological unemployment’ has long been on the horizon. As early as 1930, John Maynard Keynes described this phenomenon as...

"To follow the Silk Road is to follow a ghost. It flows through the heart of Asia, but it has officially vanished leaving behind the...

The last year has been rather tough for crypto. Over the summer we saw prices crash and several companies fail. If anyone thought the...

What is the organ market, and why do we have one? Around 2014, China reported that about 85,000 organs were transplanted, this was...

Seemingly perpetual economic growth and China’s status as an international behemoth may be in question as President Xi Jinping shifts...

Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond, Philip Dybvig (© Nobel Prize Outreach/Niklas Elmehed) In 1661 Johan Palmstruch discovered a Midas touch...

Non-fungible tokens. NFTs. Pictures of monkeys and three-dimensional animations of Donald Trump puking rainbows were all over our Twitter...

Farm workers toil in the fields: Agriculture is no longer what it used to be (Source: Shaina Bombase) The typical image of an idyllic...

“The Culprits Behind Greedflation” We all know the story of Robin Hood. Steal from the rich and give to the poor. The unprecedented...

On June 5, 2015, a rally was taking place in Diyarbakır, a city in Eastern Turkey, when an explosion took place. This was the start of a...

Could Lebanon’s economic collapse be affecting history? Quite an unusual question to ask yourself, I suppose. But, if we look a little...

It is height of the 1970s energy crisis. Everyone is panicking over the rising price of oil and soaring inflation. They can feel how each...

I. The mechanization of the processes within the pin factory has proven to surpass human competence in almost every labor-intensive...

COSCO is one of the largest Chinese state-owned shipping lines (Source: Alf van Beem) Paranoia has swept across Europe. Skyrocketing...

Panicking has made its resurgence since COVID hit. End-of-the-world thinkers are on the rise, especially those who can afford to...

Alaska… What the American public sardonically labeled “Seward’s icebox” and “Johnson’s polar bear garden” (referring to President Andrew...

The short-term effect on the population and financial markets “We live in a time of paradox and uncertainty. It is a paradox that, in a...

Economics is not abstract; it is the most real. Economic policy has the potential to directly impact the livelihoods of millions of...