20
Apr, 2016
Lost in translation!
Are you sure you get English right?What the British say, what foreigners understand...and what the British meant! Here some examples! ...more
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01
Apr, 2016
Interview with Franca Cipriani, National Gender Equality Advisor
Not so long ago, in Italy, the best a woman could aspire to was to have a marginal job. Now things have changed, but there is still much to be done. ...more
20
Mar, 2016
The human factor
If something can go wrong it will. Hands up anyone who didn’t recognise this notorious Murphy’s Law or hasn’t ever identified themselves with it. Nevertheless, others have gone still further and tried to link certain events to our own behaviour and actions.For example, there’s a law that most people are, at least of its scientific theory, unaware of: it links time with motivation/efficiency. When put this way, perhaps it doesn’t mean much.Careful though, because in practice we are all very familiar with this law, a law that is far more useful than we can imagine because it explains our (rationally unjustifiable) moments of sloppiness..... ...more
14
Mar, 2016
Two years of Renzi's Government
2 February 2016: the Renzi Government, two years to the day. The Prime Minister presented #twenty-four, a set of slides illustrating the main results of his Presidency. We’ve tried to explain what really happened and to clarify the Government’s real merits... in #twelve slides: from the political and institutional reforms to the labour market reform; from the “Good School” to taxes, duties and levies; from the environment and protection of the territory to the relationships between Italy and the European Union. ...more
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