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Thomas Taussi

@thomastaussi

Doing PhD in management accounting, interested in economics, society and liberty. Making sense of the crypto universe from an academic perspective.

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Thomas Taussi
@thomastaussi May 31, 2018, 3:36 PM UTC

ABC's cancellation of Roseanne – another example of extended CSR?

A sitcom TV show will be cancelled in the US because the star is spreading controversial and mean messages on social media: "US television network ABC has cancelled hit sitcom Roseanne after a racist…

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Thomas Taussi
@thomastaussi May 7, 2018, 8:03 PM UTC

In economics Marx was not a pioneer – nothing to celebrate here

People have been celebrating the 200th birthday of economic philosopher Karl Marx. Controversially, EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker joined the company of the world's leading communists by delivering a g…

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Thomas Taussi
@thomastaussi Apr 28, 2018, 7:54 PM UTC

Social media companies have become fragile and distorted from the ideals of internet

Bloomberg reported about the paradox of YouTube: this financially successful company is said to be having "its worst year ever" what comes to content. The article shows flashes of Alex Jones, Pewdipi…

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Thomas Taussi
@thomastaussi Feb 27, 2018, 3:55 PM UTC

Liberal bias in Silicon Valley does not represent consistent diversity

A report by Lincoln Network says that Libertarians and Conservatives (the most free market friendly groups) feel the most job-related dissatisfaction in Silicon Valley. Political bias that significan…

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Thomas Taussi
@thomastaussi Feb 22, 2018, 1:54 PM UTC

The house always wins – except in the ICOs

One of the fundamental reasons behind financial regulation is the attempt to protect small, non-institutional investors with lesser professional knowledge of the asset markets. Even though people bea…

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Thomas Taussi
@thomastaussi Feb 19, 2018, 12:51 PM UTC

Making sense of blockchain, cryptos and decentralization

This is my first attempt to classify different phenomena around blockchain, cryptocurrency ecosystem and decentralized mentality. I find these three elements central, overlapping and powerful to expl…

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Thomas Taussi
@thomastaussi Jan 28, 2018, 3:37 PM UTC

Quality over quantity content on society, economics and cryptos

When I joined Steemit last year and made my first introduction post, I was not able to accurately foresee what my presence on this platform would bring. I am a Finnish PhD student in management accou…

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Thomas Taussi
@thomastaussi Jan 22, 2018, 1:49 PM UTC

Taleb on Bitcoin: an insurance policy against Orwellian future

Nassim Taleb, a world-famous philosopher, statistician and the author of Black Swan and Antifragile writes big thoughts about bitcoin in a way that you cannot hear from normal financial analysts and…

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Thomas Taussi
@thomastaussi Jan 17, 2018, 7:41 PM UTC

Taking Jordan Peterson debate on wage gap to universal income equality

Clinical psychologist and professor Jordan B Peterson visited Channel 4 News and had a debate on the gender pay gap, campus protests and postmodernism. He was asked if admitted and accepted the abstr…

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Thomas Taussi
@thomastaussi Jan 16, 2018, 11:47 AM UTC

Public discussion about bitcoin reveals economic illiteracy

The biggest cryptocurrency has gained notable attention lately, and as the technical and social foundations of the blockchain-based currency seem very uncertain even to the crypto investors themselve…

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