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In response to recent interest, Branko Milanovic explores whether Burnham’s ideas have stood the test of time.
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I…
Alfredo Toro Hardy analyses the risks of war between China and the U.S. over Taiwan.
For several decades, America’s policy towards Taiwan was based on so called “strategic…
Iran’s regime is using digital repression to control the country’s citizens and further isolate them from the world. The EU should ensure safe online spaces for Iranian activists…
Brian Stoddart on why the study of popular culture has much to offer the world of international affairs and development.
While we know instinctively that popular culture in…
Scott Montgomery explores how ageism has crept into American politics with possible ramifications for the world.
Ever since Joe Biden somehow found his way to the oval…
Branko Milanovic on why the liberal project will fail.
Several things came together. A friend sent me this post by N S Lyons. Then, independently, a short conversation on…
In this interview, Gerald Epstein argues that irresponsible banking and deregulation are putting the world economy at risk.
Over the past several decades, there have been rapid…
Karl Muth asks what and who are urban 'green spaces' really for?
Some years ago, I walked amidst and upon the place of the very first golf course played according to modern rules…
The decline and fall of the print media.
I was always in love with (in-print) newspapers.
In the past you did not have to write “in print”. There were no other newspapers. Writing…
Scott Montgomery explores the ongoing struggle for academic freedoms on US campuses.
Academia in America is having a moment, and it isn’t a good one. Angry articles and commentary…