Four trade deficit myths hurting the economy
urgent political and economic issue.
Yuval Noah Harari • Homo Deus
a world of scarce resources, globalization without new technology is unsustainable.
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
broach a topic like land reform or the concentration of wealth in a handful of families. Instead, he spoke of making it easier to do business.
Anand Giridharadas • Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World
But anyway, yes, this thing will fail, because nothing is being built. Yes, every ideological movement assures us that after the old order is completely torn down, a utopia will arise in its place. Somehow the utopia never seems to arrive. Instead, the supposedly temporary period of pain and sacrifice stretches on longer and longer, and the ideolog... See more
Noah Smith • This thing will fail
The word “thumotic” here refers to Harvey Mansfield’s use of the Greek word “thumos” to mean a sort of political passion and drive. Francis Fukuyama spelled it “thymos”, and even predicted in 1992 that Donald Trump might be the perfect embodiment of Americans’ thymotic urge to tear down the liberal establishment.
Lyons thus sees Trumpism as a sort ... See more
Lyons thus sees Trumpism as a sort ... See more