In 1938 humans were offered three global stories to choose from, in 1968 just two, and in 1998 a single story seemed to prevail. In 2018 we are down to zero. No wonder that the liberal elites, who dominated much of the world in recent decades, are in a state of shock and disorientation. To have one story is the most reassuring situation of all.

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the failure of “neoliberal” approaches to economic policy and global governance.

Instead of quoting from Brad’s posts, I’ll try to summarize his case. Basically, he argues that leaving everything to the market after 1970 resulted in a number of crises:

• Leaving energy to the market resulted in global warming


• Leaving trade and industrial policy to the

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Basically, there are always a lot of problems in the world, and the media is always happy to deliver them right to your doorstep in order to drive engagement. And so there’s a natural tendency to read the news and think that the world is going to Hell in a handbasket. But these problems aren’t all related, and in fact sometimes some of them help... See more