Ep.13 - Artificial Intelligence between the apocalypse and techno-optimism
It’s called Artificial Intelligence as a Service, and it’s the AI of our near future. It’s practical, easy to use, and available to all: just like electricity. It seems to be a revolution, but the deb...
13 Des 202311min
Ep.12 - Artificial intelligence and war games
The debate surrounding artificial intelligence is dominated by the concept of “existential risk”, or the fear that we as humans feel that an invention can get out of our control. Humanity is facing th...
6 Des 202311min
Ep.11 - The Gig Economy is broken
They call it the “Gig Economy”. It’s the field of short-term services, such as private drivers, deliveries, and food couriers struggling to complete as many tasks as possible within the shortest time....
29 Nov 20239min
Ep.10 - Airbnb, the night of techno-finance
Recently, the court of Milan has seized 779 million euros from Airbnb, the largest web service in the short-term homestay market. According to investigation, the digital goliath failed to pay its taxe...
22 Nov 202311min
Ep.9 - Coltan and the map of pain
It’s called Coltan, and it’s a precious mineral used to make electronics and computers. Essential to build smartphone capacitors and batteries, mostly extracted in Africa. In the last year and a half,...
15 Nov 202312min
Ep.8 - The new gold rush
In 2023, the price of gold has almost reached a historic high, and rising. The greatest safe-haven asset, the most coveted metal, is the answer to the great crises that have been battering us incessan...
8 Nov 202310min
Ep.7 - Federico Caffè and the Ghosts of Keynes
30th of October 1998, the Court of Rome officially declares the presumed death of Federico Caffè – the economist who disappeared without a trace one morning in April 1987. Professor of Economic and Fi...
1 Nov 202314min
Ep.6 - Central Banks on the wire of inflation
The specter of inflation is back in the western world, and the Central Banks are struggling to keep it under control. The war in Ukraine and the Middle East, the return of supply chains after thirty y...
25 Okt 202312min
