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Direct Cash Aid to Palestinians Would Be a Win-Win

It would benefit both Israel and Palestine if people could donate to a non-profit programme that made direct, unconditional cash payments to impoverished Palestinians living in the Palestinian territories. The…

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Putin’s London People: Dirty Russian Money in the UK

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has united liberal, democratic nations in a way few thought possible. And there is now a growing effort to erode support for the Russian president…

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Sympathy for the Devil

One unavoidable rite of passage for children growing up in Singapore is a trip to the Haw Par Villa. Built by the brothers who invented Tiger Balm, the main attraction…

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6 min

History

The Empire That Wasn’t: The German Hanse

More than fifty years after its first publication—and now in its sixth (posthumous) edition—The German Hansa, by the French historian Philippe Dollinger, remains a classic. Written in a scholarly yet…

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Politics

Covid-19: The Serpent in a Globalized Paradise

It was once fashionable to speak of globalisation as an inexorable force. Given the promise of free trade, an unlimited labour market and, of course, McDonald’s hamburgers, it was the…

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Culture & Media

Why Don’t We Have a Spotify Model for News?

I’ve never really needed to pay for my news. When I was a teenager, I’d buy magazines to learn about the latest in gaming, but by the time I reached…

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6 min

Politics

Social Control and Oppression in Cuba and Venezuela

In 1999, when I was 14 years old, I visited Cuba for two weeks with my mother. In my country, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez had just been elected president for the…

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Politics

Robert Reich’s “The System: How We Rigged It, How We Fix It”

Robert Reich, a lifelong Democrat, served in the Carter, Ford, Clinton and Obama administrations, and his views have moved progressively leftwards over time: he endorsed Bernie Sanders for president in…

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Politics

The Utilitarian Roots of Populism

Globalisation, powered by free trade and immigration, has produced unprecedented economic progress all around the world, led to enormous advances in all spheres of human endeavour, and lifted billions out…

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Crescent Capitalism: Islam and the Birth of the Free Market

Islamists, leftists and conservatives have long debated whether Islam is compatible with western liberal capitalism. Many have framed the history of capitalism as beginning in medieval Genoa and Venice, and…

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Politics

When the Village Is Too Expensive to Raise the Child

The debate about how best to raise children has long centred on the pros and cons of different family structures. Many conservatives believe that the nuclear family is the best…

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7 min

Politics

Why the US Needs a Just Two-Tier Healthcare System

Does access to adequate and affordable healthcare require a trade-off between equality and liberty? What kind of health care system is most effective? Benjamin J. Krohmal and Ezekiel J. Emanuel’s…

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Politics

The Real Price of the Covid-19 Vaccine

Every year, the leaders of the G20 meet to assess the financial state of the world. This year, the Covid-19 pandemic was, unsurprisingly, a major point of discussion. Since the…

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14 min

Politics

Karl Marx on Value

Many conservative pundits love to attack Karl Marx without really engaging his work in any depth. This is unfortunate since Marx deserves high calibre critics—and once received telling critiques by…

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Politics

Inequality and Civic Integrity: A Proposed Solution

Image by Hilary Clark The concept of participation income (PI) was first introduced by Anthony Atkinson in his 1996 paper, “The Case for Participation Income,” as a basic income given to…

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Game Theory and the Politics of Coronavirus

The coronavirus caught us off guard. Republicans blame China. Democrats blame Trump. President Trump blames Governor Cuomo and he slams Trump in return. Fox News defends the president’s actions, while…

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Why A V-Shaped Economic Recovery is Unlikely

In the past month, during which the coronavirus started washing up on our shores, the U.S. has changed in tremendous and abrupt ways. Unemployment offices have been besieged with new filings in recent weeks,…

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Politics

Covid-19: We Need to Be Smarter Than Ever

The coronavirus pandemic is imposing perhaps the biggest challenge of our time. How will we react?

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Economics

Direct Cash Aid to Palestinians Would Be a Win-Win

Putin’s London People: Dirty Russian Money in the UK

Sympathy for the Devil

The Empire That Wasn’t: The German Hanse

Covid-19: The Serpent in a Globalized Paradise

Why Don’t We Have a Spotify Model for News?

Social Control and Oppression in Cuba and Venezuela

Robert Reich’s “The System: How We Rigged It, How We Fix It”

The Utilitarian Roots of Populism

Crescent Capitalism: Islam and the Birth of the Free Market

When the Village Is Too Expensive to Raise the Child

Why the US Needs a Just Two-Tier Healthcare System

The Real Price of the Covid-19 Vaccine

Karl Marx on Value

Inequality and Civic Integrity: A Proposed Solution

Game Theory and the Politics of Coronavirus

Why A V-Shaped Economic Recovery is Unlikely

Covid-19: We Need to Be Smarter Than Ever

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