On June 12, SpaceX is expected to launch what could become the largest IPO in history. In its prospectus, the company states: ‘We believe that our current space efforts will catalyse transformative breakthroughs that could reshape terrestrial industries and lead to the emergence of new trillion-dollar markets on the Moon, Mars, and beyond.’ This vision […]
To egalitarians, anything that rises above the average, be it wealth or exceptional beauty, is questionable. And, as in the economic and social spheres, this is another area in which they expect the state to intervene with regulations and bans. Heather Widdows, whose book ‘Perfect Me: Beauty as an Ethical Ideal’ was published in 2018, […]
In 2006, the Defence Ministers of Nato member states agreed to commit a minimum of 2% of their GDP to defence spending in order to ensure the alliance’s long-term military readiness. Germany spends more than €12bn on development aid annually (more than any other country except the United States) but has not fulfilled its Nato […]
Today, many people – wrongly – associate Sweden with the term ‘democratic socialism’. But the ‘socialist’ period in Sweden did not last very long, roughly from 1970 to 1990. The period before that, from 1870 to 1970, was characterised by ‘decentralisation and limited government’ and during these years, Sweden had one of the least regulated […]
