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Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi distills the vital lessons from the past, the complicated legacy of independence and partition, and the enduring relevance of…
In Unlikely Partners: Chinese Reformers, Western Economists and the Making of Global China, Julian Gewirtz documents the interactions between western economists and Chinese…
Branko Milanovic explores attitudes to the global hegemony of the English language.
Several months ago Simon Kuper published what seemed to me a bizarre piece in the…
Matthew S. Cohen argues that cyber-space may be the best way for the US to respond to North Korea.
The tragic death of Otto Warmbier, the continued captivity of three…
After the US dropped one of the biggest explosives ever used in Afghanistan earlier this year, critics objected to the use of the name ‘mother of all bombs.’ In this blog post,…
Two economics reporters at Associated Press have joined the ranks of people unpicking at the politics of Westeros, the relationships of Westeros, and just about everything else in…
Are we standing on the brink of a new kind of nihilistic governmentality, where politics is turned into perpetual theatre, disconnected from any kind of coherent government…
Europe’s post-crisis recovery has been disappointing in comparison with the USA. But lower rates of inequality are staving off populism and bolstering support for globalisation.…
The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions by Jason Hickel. William Heinemann. 2017.
In The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions,…
Writing ahead of the recent summit, Dani Rodrik explains how leaders fail to explain to the benefits of free trade to domestic audiences.
This year’s G20 summit in Hamburg…
Learning throughout life makes sense. Research shows it is good for your health, your wealth, your civic engagement and your family’s future prospects. It prolongs your…
A meditation on the ‘millennials’ and several of the discussions at Team Syntegrity 2017.
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving…
Branko Milanovic weighs in on the current rise of the idea of ‘illiberal democracies’.
The term “illiberal democracy” was, I think, introduced by Fareed Zakaria. It was used as a…
In a new book of interviews with C.J. Polychroniou, Noam Chomsky discusses capitalism, US imperialism, Black Lives Matter, the refugee crisis and cracks in the European Union, the…
The UK’s decision to vote for Brexit has been viewed by many observers as proof that the European Union suffers from a deep crisis of legitimacy. As Matt Wood highlights…