Christine Lagarde, IMF’s Managing Director, said digital currencies, like #bitcoin or ethereum, “might just give existing currencies and monetary policy a run for their money” in remarks made at the […] More

In my last post on congressional productivity I wrote that so far in the 113th Congress (2013-2014) the fewest number of bills have been enacted than in any corresponding time period in […] More

It’s “deja vu all over again” as the issue of biometric national ID cards, which would be required in order to work, travel, receive benefits, or otherwise move about in […] More

VIDEO Zhihu, China’s answer to Quora, announced Monday that the platform has upgraded its community management rules, comment system, and security system, local media is reporting (in Chinese). The […] More

Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Stefania Vitali,  James B. Glattfelder,  Stefano Battiston x Published: October 26, 2011 http://ift.tt/2hN44mj Abstract The structure of the control network […] More


 &13; &13; &13; &13; &13; &13; &13; Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed In this classic episode on The Corbett Report from 2010, James peeks […] More

Image courtesy: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism SpectorSoft spyware is the latest tool to be employed by some U.S. government officials to conduct surveillance on staff. Best known for […] More

  (From The New York Times) Spain’s attorney general, José Manuel Maza, who was leading the prosecution of the separatist Catalan leaders, died on Saturday while in Argentina to […] More