Before traveling to Sweden this February, in order to teach at the University of Malmö, I had made an online purchase in my hometown in Germany and paid via Klarna. Klarna is a “Bank” that advertises with the slogan “Buy now and pay later” without interest and fees. I could use its services although I […]
Month: February 2020
The Future of Jobs and Skills

This month the OECD published a survey report on teenagers’ career aspirations. The press release accompanying this report states that traditional 20th and 19th-century jobs capture the imaginations of young people as they did 20 years ago, before the era of social media and artificial intelligence. It furthermore warns that teenagers seem to be interested […]