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Buying the Eiffel Tower? Sure, No Problem
It is not unusual to hear that famous objects and real estate, from breath-taking artwork to expensive mansions, are put on sale in hope to find a new owner. Even though this crazy world of consumerism we live in has normalised bombarding people with crazy offers or advertisements, how would you react if someone offered you a world-known sight, let…
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New Year, New Resolutions… New Profit or Loss?
The year of 2020 is over. Some will say it was amazing while others feel like it was a disaster – which is reasonable especially because of the pandemic which forced us to stay at home for months and destroyed most of our plans. These last few days of December however may get you at least a bit excited as…
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All That Glitters Is Not Gold
In 2017, renewed tensions between the United States and North Korea began. As both countries are nuclear superpowers, meaning that their dispute could be a serious threat to citizens’ safety, news regarding the situation spread incredibly fast across all social media platforms and other forms of media. Before that year, I had heard about North Korea maybe once or twice,…
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Hungry Billionaires
In primary school, I had an incredible history teacher, whose teaching was not full of dull facts, but amazing stories about the past. What is more, he then showed us, how are consequences of these past events seen even today. Nevertheless, that is the point of history class – not to memorize tons of data about what happened, but to…
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How Much Risk are You Willing to Take?
Nobody can avoid risks during a lifetime. In fact, everything we do day to day involves risk. When we go for a walk or running, we are at risk of twisting our ankle for example. When we invest our money, we accept a risk that a value of an asset can drop, and we might not profit from it. Ironically,…
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Halloween – Hello (Business) Win?
Spooky season is at its peak, this year actually for two reasons. Not only it is Halloween time, but we are also in the middle of the second corona wave, for some being even worse than the first one and bringing many countries only a step away from their healthcare system collapsing. This creepy situation is definitely giving me chills,…
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Inc. – What?
When I was little, what gave me one of the most beautiful childhood memories was snuggling in warm blankets in the living room and watching cartoons with my brother in the evening. Among our favourites was an animated movie titled Monsters Inc. We watched it over and over again and although we were not speaking English well at all back…
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Break the Laws to Fix the World
Laws represent the foundation of an organized society. Their general idea is to set boundaries and keep control so that people can live together peacefully. Although necessary, some of them are unjustified, suppressing certain ethnic groups and breaching basic human rights. Thankfully, some individuals have decided to take action and, although breaking some laws, try to fix the world.
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The Blind Alley
In mid-August, when I revealed this blog to my friends, we filmed a short introduction video for it and posted it on the blog’s new TikTok account. I have never been an active user of this platform before, but because many had said it is fun and out of curiosity, I decided to give it a try. The content I…
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Welcome to the Market!
Nowadays’ capitalistic society is driven by the economy, and every job contributes to its development. In general, employees produce a product or provide a service, for which they are paid a wage that they usually spent for living expenses. Basically, most people follow a “work to get money” system. But what if you could save some of your income, set…
