Politics

Madman Economics

In the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-9, conservative politicians like George Osborne and Wolfgang Schäuble continued to insist that the space of democratic decision-making was, whether people liked it or not, tightly constrained by what the markets… Read More ›

Surveillance State

It is a story born in Silicon Valley and America’s “War on Terror,” and now playing out in alarming ways on China’s remote Central Asian frontier. As ethnic minorities in a border region strain against Party control, China’s leaders have… Read More ›

Don’t…

Don’t use heating.Don’t cook hot food.Don’t expect a pay rise.Don’t fall ill.Don’t need a dentist.Don’t swim in the sea.Don’t use trains.Don’t use airports.Don’t bother reporting crime.Don’t expect justice.Don’t attempt to protest.Life in Tory Britain in 2022. The above was tweeted… Read More ›