Dear Reader, Life goes on. We are all slowly finding our way back to so-called normality, which will undoubtedly be very different to what it was before the country declared …
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Think global. Act local.
ECO123 met Vítor Aleixo (aged 64), the Mayor of Loulé, in the corridor of the Town Hall at 8:45 am. He approaches us and takes a bunch of keys from …
Read More »No strong democracy is based on losers
The year is 2030. There’s no one sleeping in the streets in Portugal any more. No one has to stand queuing at the soup kitchens of the charitable associations. The …
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António Vieira da Silva
A citizen has the right to live with the minimum
The former Minister of Labour (68) considers the unconditional basic income (BGE) to be an exciting and challenging topic, but it is more a utopia than a reality. José António …
Read More »TO BE or TO HAVE
Do you look for solutions at Karuna? Yes, yes. That’s why we built it in 1992. It can give us solutions, it can receive solutions. This is not a closed …
Read More »I have a dream
The Salt March of 1930… was a campaign by Mahatma Gandhi that was intended to break the British monopoly on salt and, in the end, led to India’s independence from …
Read More »The Trigger of Happiness?
Can culture change our habits? I believe in the transformative power of art. Why? Because the arts have the capacity to divert people from the norm, from normality, and, by …
Read More »The desirable future of solar energy in Portugal
As a researcher working on the governance of energy transitions in 2016, I was fascinated by the relatively slow growth of solar energy in Portugal despite the amazing potential. I …
Read More »We are belatedly living the American Dream
At a time when directives are increasingly calling for the use of environmentally-friendly energies, how many electric vehicles does Eva have? Just one. Our investments in the fleet haven’t – …
Read More »Support a universal basic income PROSPERITY + FREEDOM
The economy is in a parlous state. Millions of Europeans are suddenly losing their jobs. Who is giving them any support? The most idiotic view is the one that claims …
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