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Karl Muth explores calls for a Second Constitutional Convention of the United States.
America is not in a Constitutional crisis. However, the phrase “Constitutional crisis…
This post introduces the initial outputs from the Copenhagen Consensus Center’s Post-2015 Consensus project. The project's future outputs will be serialised on Global…
Incredulity doesn’t kill curiosity; it encourages it. Though distrustful of logical chains of ideas, I loved the polyphony of ideas. As long as you don’t believe in them, the…
Karl Muth suggests Detroit’s Somalian community might hold the key to the city’s revival.
After past trips to Somalia and Somaliland, I've argued that…
In the context of recent events, Cornelius Adebahr welcomes initiatives to continue down the path of EU enlargement.
World events – and history – seem to converge on the…
What do the BMW i8, Tesla Model S, and Cadillac ELR teach us about policy, subsidies, and consumer behaviour? The answer is: Lots.
The BMW i8, which is sold out until the middle…
As Joko Widodo is declared Indonesia’s President, new research has revealed the gap between richest & poorest has never been so great. Dr Arief Anshory Yusuf, Padjadjaran…
Karl Muth asks if there is ever a right way for those about to commit it to warn of violence?
I’ve been following with interest the international legal and philosophical…
Karl Muth argues we must weigh the rights of corporations to arm themselves the same way we have weighed their other rights.
The recent Hobby Lobby case looks at corporate…
Karl T. Muth examines whether the Chicago Police Department’s objections to concealed pistol applications from black applicants constitutes de facto institutionalised racism…