Radu Craciun

That was not the plan. The European Union was not designed and created to become a geopolitical power. The intention, expressed explicitly or not, was that, after two world wars started in Europe, such an explosive context should never be possible again. And in order for this objective to be achieved, it was no accident […]

The Western auto industry has been under a sustained attack by Chinese electric car manufacturers for over two years. The explanation present on most media channels refers to the alleged subsidies that the Chinese government gives to local manufacturers to offer cheap electric cars. But what no one is asking is: why did the Chinese […]

The other day, a friend who works in sales told me with frustration how, at a meeting with clients, one of the executives started praising the exceptional profitability of the company. Now, honestly, if at a car launch event the manufacturer bragged to potential customers about its profitability, what do you think the audience would […]

As time passes and interest rates show no signs of decreasing, the impatience of the business environment and the population begins to grow. Both of them see their budgets affected by the increase in the cost of credit, which erodes the amounts available for investment or consumption. These frustrations make politicians become the mouthpiece of […]

Proponents of the unconditional embracing of artificial intelligence (AI) argue that this is a major technological leap forward that will provide people with a new tool to make them more productive and make their work easier. But such a simplifying, not to say simplistic, approach contains a pitfall. This important warning was given in a […]

A new term is now popular to describe the complex context in which we find ourselves: polycrisis. Well-known economist Larry Summers, former US Treasury Secretary and President of Harvard University, in a Financial Times interview attributed the term to Adam Tooze, an English historian and professor at Columbia University. The term polycrisis aims to capture […]