It’s been a long time since politics has excited quite so much passion as it seems to do these days. For the last few years,…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
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There is an inevitable tension between acting on one’s beliefs in trying to find ways to keep Britain in the EU and acting in the…
We all continue to be surprised. Trump has signed several executive orders in his first week. He has given the go-ahead for the Keystone XL…
Last week, I travelled to the Veneto region and spoke with politicians, academics and journalists about Italian politics, Veneto autonomy and the Five Star Movement,…
A recent article by Nouriel Roubini suggests that an isolationist American policy will inevitably lead to armed conflict. He describes it as the end of…
Nobody quite knows what any of these terms mean. One interpretation is that a soft Brexit would maintain access to the customs union and maybe…
Another referendum has come and gone. This time in Italy. A high turnout of voters soundly rejected Matteo Renzi’s proposed constitutional reforms. Renzi will, tomorrow,…
Published in the Financial Times See also our full article Gideon Rachman is right to suggest that a Le Pen victory in France is more…
For the last couple of years, I have been urging everyone who would listen to take seriously the fundamental cultural change that is sweeping the…
The ideas of great men and women usually fall apart because they necessarily have to be implemented by average people. The idea of a collaborative…
Letter to the Editor published in The Economist, 12 November 2016 The issue of central-bank independence is a complex and difficult one (“Hands off”, October…
In September this year we published a book. We titled it “The Death Of Liberal Democracy”. Not many paid much notice. In the wake of…