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Eco-Dictatorship Era

December 13, 2021

The latest UN climate report has stirred the world. The regular global action “Ecological Strike” took place in August a year earlier. This year it is about to be held again. Millions of citizens of 190 countries in different cities are demanding that governments take urgent measures to reduce emissions into the atmosphere and shift to renewable energy.

Does Khabib Nurmagomedov Deserve the N1 Pound-for-Pound Spot over Jon Jones after UFC 254?

As the most highly anticipated fight of 2020 unveiled, UFC 254 showed

by Gela Megeneishvili

October 29, 2020

3 mins read

OPINION: Forging resilient regional supply chains and connectivity

Participation in global and regional supply chains has been one of the

by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana

October 3, 2020

2 mins read

Why I decided to run for the post of the GPB Director General

The principal reason why I decided to run for the post of

by Khatuna Lagazidze

September 24, 2020

3 mins read

OP-ED

Removing Educational Bottlenecks

The FINANCIAL -- Speaking with managers of companies operating in Georgia, one frequently hears complaints about a lack of certain specialists in the Georgian labor market.

by The FINANCIAL

May 12, 2014

4 mins read

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The Mystery of the Russian Economy

The FINANCIAL -- For a long time Russia was seen as the land of opportunity for foreign investors.

by The FINANCIAL

May 4, 2014

4 mins read

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Georgia’s Population Size: Neighbors take a Guess

The FINANCIAL -- In this column, we discuss a key issue that is vital to any country in the world – population size.

by The FINANCIAL

April 28, 2014

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The Mystery Of The Russian Economy

The FINANCIAL -- Until very recently Russia was considered by many foreign companies a somewhat difficult but promising country for investment, a “land of opportunity” that perhaps necessarily came with a hefty dose of a “riddle wrapped in mystery inside of an

by The FINANCIAL

April 28, 2014

5 mins read

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Can Georgia Develop a Knowledge-Based Economy?

The FINANCIAL -- A few weeks ago, the Israeli ambassador His Excellency Yuval Fuchs delivered a speech at ISET, explaining the amazing transformation of Israel from what essentially was an agricultural state into what many economists call a knowledge economy.

by Floran Biermann and Ia Vardishvili, ISET

April 21, 2014

5 mins read

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Fine and Punishment

The FINANCIAL -- Imagine arriving at a provincial airport in an unnamed Central Asian country. You leave the terminal and go straight to row of waiting taxis. In your Lonely Planet you read that you should pay about $10 for what is

by Michael Fuenfzig, ISET

April 13, 2014

4 mins read

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Life after Misha? Five countries attitudes Georgia’s future without Saakashvili

The FINANCIAL -- After two years, long time columnist Frank Klobucar is leaving Georgia and he will no longer be contributing to this premier newspaper. I want to use this opportunity to thank him for his hard work in bringing readers up

by Merab Pachulia, GORBI

April 13, 2014

4 mins read

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Do Economies Need Economists?

The FINANCIAL -- According to a rumor circulating among economists, there exists an econometric study which shows that the economy of a nation is doing worse the more great economists it produces. While this may be a myth, casual observation suggests that

by Floran Biermann and Maya Grigolia, ISET

April 6, 2014

6 mins read

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The Ethics of Empty Stomachs

The FINANCIAL -- At the end of Act 2 of Bertolt Brecht’s Three-Penny-Opera, the proletarian petty criminal Macheath and his prostitute Jenny reply to the bourgeois representatives of the establishment urging them to uphold moral standards: “First comes a full stomach, then

by Floran Biermann and Nikoloz Pkhakadze, ISET

March 30, 2014

5 mins read

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Supermarket business in Georgia on the brink of a historic watershed

The FINANCIAL -- Recent reports in the Georgian media on the anticipated entry of supermarket chain SPAR havecaused widespread fear among local operators.

by The FINANCIAL

March 24, 2014

2 mins read