After a year of death, despair, and deep uncertainty, there are glimmers of light on the horizon. Not only is responsible leadership returning to the United States, but there is...
messages.detailsNo one should expect the pandemic to alter – much less reverse – tendencies that were evident before the crisis. Neoliberalism will continue its slow death, populist autocrats will become even more authoritarian, and the left will continue to struggle to
messages.detailsEconomic nationalism is on the rise, and democracy is on the wane. Given those worrying trends, the recent meetings in India between US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may yet come to be seen as the apotheosis of dystopia.
messages.detailsThere are many reasons why even the oldest democracies, such as the US and the UK, are increasingly riven by tribal hatreds...
messages.detailsUnder Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indias character is being transformed by a government with no regard for institutions
messages.detailsThe value of heroism is again on the rise, especially in countries where undemocratic regimes can no longer be relied on to deliver economic prosperity
messages.detailsThese days, liberal democracy and authoritarianism seem to be engaged in a process of competitive decay, the outcome of which remains uncertain.
messages.detailsThe success of populist politicians such as US President Donald Trump and new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggests that voters are becoming increasingly gullible.
messages.detailsVoters who support populist parties and leaders are making political choices that they know to be risky because they feel as though they have nothing to lose.
messages.detailsPolicy gurus spend too much time with others like them top civil servants, high flying journalists, successful business people and too little time with ordinary voters.
messages.detailsWhen people are more able to shape their own futures, they are less likely to be convinced that others are to blame for their plight.
messages.detailssuddenly, capitalism is visibly sick. The virus of socialism has reemerged and is infecting the young once more
messages.detailsOver the course of this year and next, the biggest economic risks will emerge in those areas where investors think recent patterns are unlikely to change
messages.detailst has been 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and despite significant progress toward improving life expectancy and boosting incomes around the world
messages.detailsThe demise of the Weekly Standard is proof that the once popular neoconservatism of the past few decades has died
messages.detailsThe opposite of populist nationalism is not globalist elitism; it is economic realism. And in the end, countries such as Britain, the United States
messages.detailsMacrons likely victory tomorrow doesnt mean he can ignore the energies driving both the far left and far right
messages.detailspolicymakers will need to acknowledge that they still lack effective policy-coordination tools
messages.detailsAlthough US growth is very strong, Europe has been outperforming expectations by more
messages.detailsOne of the most effective bulwarks is having the right electoral system
messages.detailsTo understand the current administration, populism is as important as nativism and authoritarianism
messages.detailsTrump’s ochlocracy brings dangers and threats that the Republic has not witnessed since Joe McCarthy. Do we even know how to fight back?
messages.detailsThe word “populism” was everywhere in 2016
messages.detailsIt’s facile to blame the politics of post-truth practiced by populists. Lies and exaggerations would not work if current democratic practice were without problems
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