On Tuesday, January 15th, Feike Sijbesma will visit Room for Discussion. Mr. Sijbesma is the CEO and Chairman of DSM, a Euronext-listed Dutch company that employs over 20 000 people around the world. In their own words, DSM is a “global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials” with a keen focus on sustainable
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In 1938, French philosopher Louis Rougier organised the Walter Lippmann Colloquium. This was a conference of intellectuals whose main objective was to come up with a new liberal philosophy in order to replace the failed laissez-faire liberalism and fight the rise of collectivism and socialism. It was at this summit that the term neoliberalism was
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Why the United States is far from being a meritocracy
The United States of America has always been regarded as a land of opportunity. Throughout its four-hundred-year history, it has provided refuge to those fleeing poverty and persecution. To this day, millions of people travel there every year in hopes of finding a better life. According to data by the U.S. Census Bureau, net international
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