Trinity College Dublin researcher Nicola Mastrorocco visited NCID to give a seminar entitled "Who Watches the Watchmen? Local News and Police Behavior in the United States". The speaker explained that the purchase of local television stations by a large national media company reduces coverage of crimes occurring in cities.
According to Mastrorocco, "these municipalities have a lower rate of violent crime resolution compared to cities that keep their local television stations."
"We have seen in the ...
Researcher Teresa Molina-Millán visited NCID to give a seminar entitled "Artisanal mining in Africa". She explained that between 130 and 270 million people subsist on small-scale artisanal mining, a labor-intensive method of extraction.
According to Molina, "the main problem with artisanal mining is that it leads to tropical deforestation and vegetation degradation."
"The historical increase in the price of gold accounts for 20% of the total...
IE Business School Professor of Economics Rafael Pampillón has presented his new book 'When voters lose patience. Radical cases of economic policy'. Also participating in the event were Luis Ravina, director of the NCID, and Emili J. Blasco, professor of International Relations at the University of Navarra, who discussed with Pampillón the economic consequences of the conflict in Ukraine.
The author of the book, Rafael Pampillón, told in his presentation that economic crises throughout history ...