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The ethics of internet piracy
PRINCETON– Last year, I told a colleague that I would include internet ethics in a course that I was teaching. She suggested that I read a recently published anthology on computer ethics – and attached the entire volume to the email.

'Angie in Wonderland'?

While the Obama administration is eager to create jobs, the EU pushes through austerity measures that will lead to further declines in production and growth rates.

Europe’s 'Tobin tax' distraction
CAPE TOWN – At last, European leaders have revealed their top-secret plan for solving the euro’s crisis. And it is – drum roll – a version of the 'Tobin tax', a levy on financial transactions first suggested in 1972 by the Nobel laureate economist James Tobin.

The Eurozone’s fork in the road
BUENOS AIRES – Many observers have recently declared that the Eurozone debt crisis is practically resolved, or at least on hold for a few years.

Google's latest privacy policy
Scheduled to come into effect on 1 March, Google’s much-publicised new privacy policy and terms, which it says will give users better search results, ads and improve their experience overall, have come under scrutiny from the EU's data-protection authorities.

Obama’s Middle-East malady
PARIS – No sooner did US President Barack Obama welcome home American troops from Iraq and laud that country’s stability and democracy than an unprecedented wave of violence – across Baghdad and elsewhere – revealed the severity of Iraq’s political crisis.

Perma-bears beware: 2012 looks bullish
From a markets perspective, rarely is the eternal pessimist – i.e. the investor currently thinking the world is going to hell in a hand-cart – correct.

Rio +20 must build new economic order
We may need short-term decisions to overcome the crisis, but we want our leaders to keep the long-term perspective of sustainability, which simply means that, by meeting our everyday needs, we don’t restrict the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

When women lead
MUNICH – Would the world be more peaceful if women were in charge? A challenging new book by the Harvard University psychologist Steven Pinker says that the answer is 'Yes'.

Capturing the ECB
NEW YORK – Nothing illustrates better the political crosscurrents, special interests, and shortsighted economics now at play in Europe than the debate over the restructuring of Greece’s sovereign debt. Germany insists on a deep restructuring – at least a 50% 'haircut' for bondholders – whereas the European Central Bank (ECB) insists that any debt restructuring must be voluntary.