Sublime

Europe, as noted earlier, has in a short span of time gone from being the most predictable and stable region—one where history seemed to have truly ended (as suggested in an influential essay published in 1989 by the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama)—to something dramatically different. Democracy, prosperity, and peace all seemed firml

Gli altissimi livelli di capitale patrimoniale osservabili oggi nei paesi ricchi sembrano spiegarsi innanzitutto con il ritorno a un regime di crescita debole della popolazione e della produttività – rafforzato da un ritorno a un regime politico obiettivamente molto favorevole ai capitali privati.

publicly visible.

All forms of social solidarity were to be dissolved in favour of individualism, private property, personal responsibility, and family values. The ideological assault along these lines that flowed from Thatcher’s rhetoric was relentless.17 ‘Economics are the method’, she said, ‘but the object is to change the soul.’ And change it she did, though in

to whom that new wealth will go. At the same time, success or failure