THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘America prepares for the midterms‘….
Too many no longer believe elections are fair
Will it work for his successor?
America’s new defence-tech industry should be a model for Europe
Binyamin Netanyahu is quick to start conflicts, but shows no ability to end them
THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The Mythos moment‘ – Can five men be trusted with AI?
After Mythos, a laissez-faire approach is no longer politically tenable or strategically wise
America and Iran must resume their efforts to strike a deal, even though it is sure to be an imperfect one
Lately, Democrats have joined the charge
The country will become a test case for reversing democratic decay
But the American president is misinterpreting an incomplete success
So why won’t it be prevented?
THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Mission Accomplished’…
There is a reason he wants an exit from Iran
Even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens, expect lasting change to energy markets
Dario Amodei’s warnings should not be dismissed
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The rise of the chatter-industrial complex
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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘How China hopes to win from the war‘
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake
Donald Trump may send in troops. Does he know what to do with them?
A regime loved by MAGA may soon lose power. That matters
Its humbling could raise borrowing costs
They will only expose ordinary investors to unnecessary risks
THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Advantage Iran‘
A month of bombing has achieved nothing. Will Donald Trump escalate, or talk?
A strict competition policy is not the barrier to bigger firms
As war rages in Iran, governments must not repeat the mistakes of 2022
Claudia Sheinbaum’s biggest problem is weak investment and growth, not Donald Trump
A rare Brexit dividend
THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Operation Blind Fury‘
By diminishing the president’s political superpowers, his reckless campaign may make him more dangerous
And Israel must not play the spoiler
But more needs to be done to ensure a prosperous future
A prolonged blockade risks creating a humanitarian crisis on America’s doorstep
But there are ways to rely less o
THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘An attack on the world economy‘….
Whatever happens in the Strait of Hormuz, energy markets have been changed for ever
The Communist Party is afraid to tax inherited wealth
If America cannot eliminate the threat, what should it do?
By alienating Hispanics, he has given Democrats an open goal
Voters must be able to turn out without risking death
THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘A war without a strategy‘….
His ill-considered conflict risks descending into chaos
The squabble between America’s government and Anthropic makes an AI disaster more likely
Otherwise a fourth year of deflation awaits
One reform offers both security in old age and dynamism now
Britain’s twin populists have a symbiotic relationship
MONTHLY REVIEW MAGAZINE: The latest issue feature ‘French Theory in the Intellectual Cold War’….
With the Trump administration’s backing down on its tariffs on China, its military abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, its insistence on seizing Greenland one way or another, its bombings in Nigeria, and its declaration that the official U.S. military budget will be increased by 50 percent in 2027—the last four events occurring in a two-week span in late December and early January—establishment commentators are all over the map.
Vijay Prashad critiques the argument that colonialism was, at most, ancillary to the transition between capitalism and feudalism in Western Europe. Instead, Prashad argues, “capitalism as it historically emerged—industrial, global, racialized, and imperial—was inseparable from colonial expropriation.” This reality must fuel a Marxist conception of the global struggle for reparations for those who have been oppressed and exploited at the hands of empires past and present.
by Paul Buhle
In this dual review, Paul Buhle lends contemporary context to the histories of McCarthyism found in the recently published A Blacklist Education, by Jane S. Smith, and Operation Mind, by Natalie Zemon Davis and Elizabeth Donovan. In these two books, Buhle writes, readers can find parallels with the was that is today being waged against university professors and students for political activities—a stark reminder that political witch-hunts did not end with Joe McCarthy.
by Craig Medlen
Craig Medlen dissects the logic behind the Trump administration’s efforts to impose tariffs as a way to counteract “unfair” U.S. trade deficits. Situating these deficits in the longer history of U.S. trade hegemony and its crumbling position in the global economy, Medlen uses incontrovertible data to illustrate how mainstream economic orthodoxy fails to acknowledge the effects of foreign inputs that integral to the workings of U.S. monopoly capital.
THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Digging for victory’…
With a more focused approach, it could break China’s chokehold
A conflict with Iran without a clear objective would be recklessly dangerous
Was a Blue Owl fund mismanaged, or did it reveal fundamental problems about the industry?
Welfare is rightly becoming more generous. But regulatory fragmentation is a problem
The government must step in
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