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The Issue
June 11, 2021
- Tara Lewis
‘Don’t hoard vaccines, share them with other countries’

When professor of Development Economics Arjun Singh Bedi visited his parents in India in…
The Issue
June 11, 2021
Tara Lewis
The Issue
April 26, 2021
- Geert Maarse
It’s not part-time princesses, but it’s full-time princes who are the real problem

The number of women in top positions has risen sharply and new fathers were given the…
The Issue
April 26, 2021
Geert Maarse
The Issue
March 23, 2021
- Geert Maarse
Why stock markets are doing really well, despite corona

Now that the pandemic has been with us for a year and the global economy has been dealt…
The Issue
March 23, 2021
Geert Maarse
The Issue
February 18, 2021
- Geert Maarse
The benefits affair is also the consequence of a societal trend: ‘The general public also demanded a zero-tolerance policy. Then this is what you end up with.’

The benefits affair is not a question of malicious intent or indifference, according to…
The Issue
February 18, 2021
Geert Maarse
The Issue
January 21, 2021
- Geert Maarse
‘Everyone who has been slapped on the wrist by the US sat back and gloated’

What does the storming of the Capitol mean for American hegemony? "We are seeing a…
The Issue
January 21, 2021
Geert Maarse
The Issue
December 3, 2020
- Geert Maarse
‘Mandatory vaccinations are possible, but difficult to imagine’

Professor of Health Law Martin Buijsen researched the legal options of mandatory…
The Issue
December 3, 2020
Geert Maarse
The Issue
October 31, 2020
- Geert Maarse
‘Mayor Aboutaleb should apologise to Rotterdammers of African ancestry’

One in eight citizens of Rotterdam is a direct descendent of an enslaved African. And…
The Issue
October 31, 2020
Geert Maarse
The Issue
September 17, 2020
- Geert Maarse
‘The Public Prosecution Service has really crossed a line here’

Relations between the defence and the public prosecutors in the Marengo Trial have…
The Issue
September 17, 2020
Geert Maarse
The Issue
July 2, 2020
- Geert Maarse
‘Dutch corona policy causes more suffering than it prevents’

The measures taken against the coronavirus may be more deadly than the virus itself. That…
The Issue
July 2, 2020
Geert Maarse
The Issue
June 25, 2020
- Geert Maarse
This article is of no use to the world (well, almost none)

Scientists are publishing like mad, especially during this corona crisis. But does this…
The Issue
June 25, 2020
Geert Maarse

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