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Trump’s trade war: truce yes, but road to peace still uncertain

The larger trade war between the two economies will only continue unless the US is willing to come back to a global trading regime.

Prabir Purkayastha
November 4, 2025
Inflection point: Renewable energy is cheaper than fossil fuels
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Punto de inflexión: la energía renovable es más barata que los combustibles fósiles

Por primera vez, la energía solar y eólica son ahora más baratas que el carbón, el gas natural o el petróleo, y son las opciones más rápidas para instalar nueva generación de electricidad.

Prabir Purkayastha
August 14, 2025
Inflection point: Renewable energy is cheaper than fossil fuels
World

Inflection point: Renewable energy is cheaper than fossil fuels

For the first time, solar and wind energy are now cheaper than coal, natural gas, or oil, and are the quickest options for installing new electricity generation.

Prabir Purkayastha
August 12, 2025
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¿Volverá Trump al acuerdo nuclear entre Irán y los Estados Unidos?

Trump tendrá que aceptar dar marcha atrás o librar una guerra que destruirá la región y posiblemente la economía global.

Prabir Purkayastha
April 26, 2025
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Iran United States

Will Trump return to the Iran–US nuclear deal?

Trump will either have to agree to a climb down or wage a war that will destroy the region and possibly the global economy.

Prabir Purkayastha
April 25, 2025
Boeing se declara culpable de fraude criminal: la saga del 737 Max
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Boeing se declara culpable de fraude criminal: la saga del 737 Max

¿Por qué Boeing, uno de los líderes de la ingeniería en Estados Unidos, violó los fundamentos de su disciplina? Prabir Purkayastha reflexiona.

Prabir Purkayastha
July 17, 2024
Boeing pleads guilty to criminal fraud: the continuing 737 Max saga
World

Boeing pleads guilty to criminal fraud: the continuing 737 Max saga

Why did Boeing, one of the engineering leaders in the US, violate the fundamentals of their discipline? Prabir Purkayastha reflects.

Prabir Purkayastha
July 13, 2024
Remembering Allende and his Project Cybersyn
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Remembering Allende and his Project Cybersyn

During Salvador Allende’s brief term in power, a revolutionary project sought to use technology, specifically information from factories for real-time planning and interventions in the economy. What does this tell us about knowledge and the struggle over the infrastructure that produces it?

Prabir Purkayastha
October 1, 2023