• Kraken plant eigene Blockchain <br> • "Ink" als "nahtlose Brücke zu DeFi"<br> • Testphase in diesem Jahr <br> <!-- sh_cad_1 --> Die Kryptobwährungsbörse <a href="/aktien/kraken-aktie" target="_blank">Kraken</a> plant, noch in diesem Jahr ihre eigene Blockchain namens "Ink" auf den Markt zu bringen. So soll "Ink" auf der Superchain von... [embedded content]...
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While demand for sustainable investments increased in Switzerland between 2018 and 2023, the inflow of money fell last year. Keystone / Gaetan Bally Listen to the article Listening the article...
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George Orwell, one of the most influential political writers of the 20th century, is widely recognized for his searing critiques of totalitarian regimes in his novels Animal Farm and 1984. Orwell’s portrayal of state control, propaganda, and the manipulation of truth has resonated with readers across the political spectrum. However, Orwell’s personal political ideology and his critiques of totalitarianism are far more complex than is often acknowledged. Rather than...
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An activist historian in the United Kingdom, who rose to prominence as a supporter of Black Lives Matter, recently expounded to the Times on what he sees as the proper role of historians: “I think [the job of historians] is to try to stand there at this arsenal of dangerous ideas and to make it more difficult for people to raid that arsenal to use it for their political projects. It is to complicate the picture; it is to show that these simple assertions are much...
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What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order....
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This article is a version of a speech delivered at the 2024 Mises Institute Supporters Summit.“Most economists are political apologists masquerading as economists,” wrote Doug Casey in one of his columns. “They prescribe the way they would like the world to work and tailor theories to help politicians demonstrate the virtue and necessity of their quest for power.”Moreover, wrote Casey, “The field of economics has been turned into the handmaiden of government in order...
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The solidarity rally was called by various trade unions in the country. Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector...
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Read More »Basel autumn fair attracted over 1 million visitors
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Read More »Swiss Federal Railways want direct trains between Zurich and Rome
The Swiss Federal Railways and Trenitalia unveiled a new Eurocity train on Friday that will run between Switzerland and Italy. Keystone / Ti-Press / Elia Bianchi Listen to the article Listening the article...
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