The key arguments for high top rates of income tax are political as well...
When people complain that neoliberalism is a meaningless concept, I should point them to what has happened to the top rate of income tax...
Is Norway+ the way forward?
A number of MPs seem to think so. Their argument goes as follows. Although the Withdrawal Agreement (WA) is not about trade (beyond the...
The new dividing line in Western politics
For Stephen K. Bannon, the way to create an enduring populist majority is to combine forces on the left and right. That’s why he...
The new dividing line in Western politics
For Stephen K. Bannon, the way to create an enduring populist majority is to combine forces on the left and right. That’s why he...
I’m not calling to revive the WASP aristocracy. Just to learn from it.
The death of George H.W. Bush has occasioned a fair amount of nostalgia for the old American establishment, of which Bush was undoubtedly a...
I’m not calling to revive the WASP aristocracy. Just to learn from it.
The death of George H.W. Bush has occasioned a fair amount of nostalgia for the old American establishment, of which Bush was undoubtedly a...
Are we at ‘peak America’?
The Group of 20 summit in Argentina is taking place at a moment when the United States still stands at the center of the...
Are we at ‘peak America’?
The Group of 20 summit in Argentina is taking place at a moment when the United States still stands at the center of the...
Still looking like a panic attack
A little over 3 weeks ago I opined that the the big October decline in US equity prices still looked like a panic attack....
What effect does the Trump circus have on the world?
It’s easy to get distracted by the circus of the Trump presidency. But what is its larger effect? For an answer to that question,...