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- Basic income is just the beginning as Finland looks to citizen-driven governance https://www.sitra.fi/en/blogs/basic-income-just-beginning-finland-one-innovative-governments-world-looks-citizen-driven-governance/ 136 comments
- “For many people, flexibility at work can be a liberation.” https://www.sitra.fi/en/articles/for-many-people-flexibility-at-work-can-be-a-liberation-matthew-taylor-chief-executive-royal-society-of-arts/ 25 comments
- Lessons from the Spanish property bubble https://www.sitra.fi/en/articles/rethinking-domestic-urban-spaces-better-future-lessons-spanish-property-bubble/ 4 comments
- Philosopher Martha Nussbaum says all types of discrimination―from homophobia to racism to sexism―are the same and ultimately rooted in disgust. A group that is subject to discrimination is often associated with many characteristics that are considered disgusting, like emitting unpleasant odors. https://www.sitra.fi/en/articles/martha-nussbaum-saul-levmore-want-age-wisely/ 393 comments philosophy
- An increasingly interdependent world where things happening on the other side of the globe have an impact on people tens of thousands of miles away calls for a new kind of politics and a new kind of participation. https://www.sitra.fi/en/publications/trials-democracy-towards-future-participation/ 91 comments philosophy
- The era of populism – seasonal fluctuation or a permanent change? https://www.sitra.fi/en/articles/era-populism-seasonal-fluctuation-permanent-change/ 7 comments europe
- The global Trust Barometer from consulting firm Edelman, published in January 2017, shows plummeting trust in media: 59% of respondents would believe a search engine over journalists. The respondents were also four times more likely to ignore information that did not support their existing views. https://www.sitra.fi/en/publications/trials-democracy-towards-future-participation/#2-how-and-why-everything-is-changing 4 comments science
- Adults who have poor reading skills are nearly twice as likely to say that they suffer from poor health than those who have good reading skills. https://www.sitra.fi/en/articles/compulsory-education-last-lifetime/ 9 comments books