Yoda: Washington DC Decriminalizes Marijuana – End of Rule by Secrecy and “Because I Said So” Looms

Wisdom, this is. Marijuana Decriminalization in U.S. Capital Passes Council By William Selway Bloomberg News, March 04, 2014 The Washington city council voted to decriminalize marijuana consumption in private homes, adding the nation’s capital to a growing list of states that have loosened sanctions for using the drug. The council today approved reducing the punishment …

Jean Lievens: Can the Internet Democratize Capitalism?

Can the Internet Democratize Capitalism? Yanis Varoufakis International Policy Digest, February 22, 2014 Technological fixes to time-honoured problems are all the rage these days. Bitcoin is meant to fix money, social media are seen as an antidote to Rupert Murdoch and assorted tyrants, networked robots are to help countries like Japan deal with demographic declines …