people, corruption, one Europe.
No less than 23 years ago there were 2 ”Europes”. One in the West, one in the East. A wave of democratic movements across the continent coupled with the inherent failure of the socialist model solved...
View ArticleA skeleton-scheme for funding innovation
ideas mingled, twisted and influenced by Alex Ghita, Horia Bejan and Euronomist – click to enlarge created with Piktochart UPDATE – scheme has been detalied: 1. A Detailed Scheme for Funding Innovation...
View ArticleFunding innovation – sidelines and ultimate goal
Why is innovation important? The obvious reason is that innovation is the catalyst of development and economic growth. Job creation, positive outlook for the populous – these are also consequences of...
View ArticleNo, Mr. Hollande..
..it’s not economic credibility or political credibility that we would loose if we fail to agree on the budget. It’s the advantage of a upper hand in all negotiations with any third party. I’ll be...
View ArticleInvestment as localized panacea or growth opportunity?
After reading Dimitris Rapidis post on Why there are no investments in Greece I started thinking that what he exposes on Greece in his article can be extended, with various degrees of accuracy to other...
View ArticleLet’s face it – we can’t build highways.
Development or no development? Yesterday I had an interesting conversation regarding Romania’s current development status, centered around it’s highway system. There has been a lot of debate regarding...
View ArticleLet’s talk development [1]
I have recently read an article concerning the concept of ‚Eastern Europe’ and it’s validity today. I might not agree with all the points the author makes, but some of the conclusions are worthy to be...
View ArticleLet’s talk development [2]
I finished my last post with the idea that we must change the way we perceive development. And that may be a harder nut to crack that expected. I will restrict my argumentation on Romania because I...
View ArticleLet’s talk development [3]
Sustainable development. The holy grail of all things development. The new approach. There are many definitions to sustainable development. I guess the one I like the most is the one from the United...
View ArticleKickstart youth entrepreneurship in EU
Youth unemployment is a generalized problem in the EU and a main theme with all EU institutions and leaders. At a pan EU-28 level of 22.9 % in February 2014 and an overall cost of €153 billion per...
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