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Scott Montgomery offers a questioning homage to the evolutionist E.O. Wilson who died on December 27th 2021.
On a glowing October day in 1976, I attended a talk by…
C. J. Polychroniou argues that the global spread of authoritarian populism and undermining of democracy is intimately connected to neoliberalism.
For stark evidence that…
Branko Milanovic explores the incentives behind rich countries' reluctance to share vaccines and what can be done about them.
Until a friend asked me yesterday, I have not given…
Branko Milanovic argues that the summit is a thinly veiled and dangerous attempt to mask geopolitical aims and divide the world into two opposed camps.
More than 100 nations…
Scott Montgomery on why abandoning coal is akin to replacing the circulatory system of a living body.
There’s no debate. Global coal use continues to be a major hurdle…
Cornelius Adebahr argues that Merkel's foreign policy inertia is symptomatic of a wider Western malaise.
In hindsight, it is ironic – and symbolic – that the…
Jennifer Morgan, executive director of Greenpeace International, attended COP26 and witnessed personally the power of protests in the streets, which, she says, was the real…
Many societies are facing monumental and potentially irreversible shifts in how people live, work, and think. There is an increasing need for socio-economic…
Branko Milanovic explores the life of the enigmatic economist through a recent book on his friendship with David Hume.
Dennis Rasmussen’s book The infidel and the…
Should unvaccinated people be held solely responsible for the sudden rise in COVID-19 cases in Europe?
Last week, Europe had the dubious distinction of having recorded 64…