If you are anything like me then you have been somewhat nervous ever since the Brits voted in the EU referendum. It seemed like, without a clue often what they were actually voting for, half of the nation (that could be bothered to actually vote, which makes it roughly a quarter) voted to leave the…
Dear reader, as you know, this blogger likes to write overly long posts with way too much detail and unnecessary content. As a result, many people do not read through. Therefore, if you do not care about who I am (which is totally understandable) or if you already know my story, then I recommend you…
In few minutes polling stations in the UK will close (and my aeroplane will take off). The referendum has really taken a toll on me. I am genuinely sad by how anti EU many people are and how little hope many people have in the European project. At the same time a horde of upbeat…
Every now and then Iceland makes the world news. Usually the news about my little island nation are insignificant and complimentary. They tend to either report how happy we are, how old we get or how well our tiny little sport teams are doing. But sometimes, we also make the news for being really bad…
One of the biggest headlines in the news last year must have been the Syrian refugee crises. Mostly as a direct results result of violent conflict or the indirect economic impact of war, millions of people have been forced to flee their homes and look for a better life elsewhere. Lots of discussion has been in relation to how…
Hi there Today we are looking at whether cannabis is more popular than tobacco in New Zealand. We are going to do this by looking at the results from the 2014 global Drug Survey, an online survey which anyone could take. Roughly 80,000 people completed the 2014 survey from over 40 countries, from a quick look…
Hello there Today I have an interesting article and a book recommendation for you about Greece. The article comes from Yanis Varoufakis, a Greek political economist. In this insightful piece on the Greek economy he lays out what is really going on. The bottom line is that things are bad, very bad. The article is best summarised by…
