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Can We Trust What’s Happening to Money?
It’s not just about the demise of coins and dollar bills. It’s also about society’s faith in the very idea of money.
Why Do We Ignore How the Other Half Lives?
Confined to our own bubbles, we are less informed about people who lead entirely different cultural, social and political lives.
We’re Edging Closer to Civil War
I see too many uneasy parallels between what was happening nearly 200 years ago and what is happening now over abortion.
Great Protocol Politics
The 21st century doesn’t belong to China, the United States, or Silicon Valley. It belongs to the internet.
Boris Johnson and the Virtue of Accountability
A central advantage of genuinely democratic societies is that their leaders cannot get away indefinitely with bad, corrupt, or self-serving behavior. At long last, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson now seems to be finding that out.
The Conservative Central Banker Returns
The European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve’s new monetary-policy strategies now look like a case of adapting the general staff manual to fight the last war. The recent sharp increase in inflation on both sides of the Atlantic means that central bankers must again concentrate on their traditional task.
What Tech Futurists Get Wrong About Human Autonomy
A specter is haunting our technological imaginaries: the specter of autonomy. The problem is that we can’t quite decide from what or for whom.
When Democracy Gets Old
Beyond a respect for basic democratic processes and values, one thing that the world's democracies share is that they are all skewing older. Insofar as this trend leaves them more risk-averse and less capable of generating a long-term vision, it may be time to consider lowering the voting age.
What Biden’s Democracy Summit Is Missing
Democracy as it was envisioned was never about real people power. That’s what needs to change.
Why Isn't Washington Merry?
With yet another new viral strain threatening the recovery, US President Joe Biden's honeymoon period is long over, as evidenced by his falling approval ratings. But, in fact, morale is declining on both sides of the aisle as politicians navigate the no man's land between ineffectiveness and extremism.
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