calculations

Why government budgets are exercises in distributing life and death as much as fiscal calculations

Why government budgets are exercises in distributing life and death as much as fiscal calculations: Sacrificial dilemmas are popular among philosophers. Should you divert a train from five people strapped to the tracks to a side-track with only one person strapped to it? What if that one person were a renowned cancer researcher? What if …

Ukraine: the complex calculations that will decide whether Belarus enters the conflict on Russia’s side

Ukraine: the complex calculations that will decide whether Belarus enters the conflict on Russia’s side: For several days, there have been reports about Belarus committing troops to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Fears are growing that a “false-flag” operation inside Belarus could be the pretext for the country attacking Ukraine. Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko, in an …