Reading for Battle
Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
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Recent Readings
Goldman Sachs: We're in the 'second wave' of fintech
Tina Wadhwa, Business Insider UK, 2 October 2016
Tina Wadhwa, Business Insider UK, 2 October 2016
Nuffield Council publishes preliminary ethical review of genome editing
Rachel Siden, BioNews, October 2016
Rachel Siden, BioNews, October 2016
Daniel Hannan: My one worry about Brexit- if we mess things up, we could harm relations with Ireland
Daniel Hannan is an MEP for South-East England, and a journalist, author and broadcaster.
Conservative Home, 29 September 2016
Daniel Hannan is an MEP for South-East England, and a journalist, author and broadcaster.
Conservative Home, 29 September 2016
Russia's Head of Church calls for a 'ban' on abortion and assisted reproduction
Patriarch Kirill signed a pro-life petition, also calling for the end of "abortive" contraceptives.
Damien Sharkov, Newsweek, 28 September 2016
Patriarch Kirill signed a pro-life petition, also calling for the end of "abortive" contraceptives.
Damien Sharkov, Newsweek, 28 September 2016
FinTech boom needs strong guidance to navigate regulatory hurdles, finds ACCA
Despite the fact that FinTech has been causing significant digital disruption to global finance for almost a decade, the sector is still in need of strong guidance against regulatory hurdles, says a new report from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).
ACCA, 28 September 2016
Despite the fact that FinTech has been causing significant digital disruption to global finance for almost a decade, the sector is still in need of strong guidance against regulatory hurdles, says a new report from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).
ACCA, 28 September 2016
Repealing anti-abortion laws would save the lives of nearly 50,000 women a year – UN experts
United Nations, 27 September 2016
United Nations, 27 September 2016
The London Design Biennale's Utopian Dreams Land With a Thud
Crystal Bennes, Metropolis, 27 September 2016
Crystal Bennes, Metropolis, 27 September 2016
Eurozone risks collapse into prosperous north and stagnant south, warns Varoufakis
Germany could force Greece or Portugal out of the eurozone, releasing “demonic forces” and splitting the European Union apart, according to Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.
Tim Wallace, Telegraph, 27 September 2016
Germany could force Greece or Portugal out of the eurozone, releasing “demonic forces” and splitting the European Union apart, according to Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.
Tim Wallace, Telegraph, 27 September 2016
Can youth engagement save democracy?
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