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Category: Silicon Valley, Visit

Many years ago, a fellow Austrian student tried to find a job in Silicon Valley. He sent all his application letters to various recruiters and HR departments, all without success. Even then, in the early 1990s, the region between San Francisco and San Jose had that magical aura. Only back then, the companies were called …

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Category: Behavioral Economics, Government, Robot

How many people are living in the precariat, i.e. in precarious economic and financial situations, is relentlessly revealed by the measures that governments around the world are currently taking to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Curfews, forced closures of shops, restaurants and event venues, as well as border closures and travel bans, are massively …

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