Why We’re Ungovernable, Part 17: In Latin America, Soaring Population + Soaring Debt = “Brutal Justice”
There are two ways of looking at the intersection of debt and population. One way says that if debt is rising population should also rise
There are two ways of looking at the intersection of debt and population. One way says that if debt is rising population should also rise
After a long, initially-successful run promoting European integration and mass immigration, German Chancellor Angela Merkel saw the bottom fall out of her political fortunes this
The rise of French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has made a lot of people nervous since, among many other things, she’s in favor
The world’s elites, because they live in a system created by themselves for themselves, tend to see events like Brexit and President Trump as aberrations
This series is based on the premise that debt works the same way for countries as it does for individuals and families: When you borrow
This week both Italy and the US saw their ruling coalitions splinter. First Italy: Italy’s Coalition Teeters as Berlusconi Allies Walk Out Italian Prime Minister
As an Italian-American I’m allowed to say it: Italians are an amusing mess. They go on about “la dolce vita,” the sweet life of long
The fiscal cliff was always going to end with a whimper because that was the obvious path of least resistance. In the end, simply avoiding
Japan’s government has fallen — again: Two-Party Japan Democracy Undone in 39 Months as DPJ Crumbles It took 54 years for Japan’s politics to produce
The premise of this series is that once a country’s debt rises to a certain level, the country becomes impossible to govern. Voters accustomed to a
Peggy Noonan, former Reagan administration speech writer and current Wall Street Journal pundit has, like most of her peers, been wondering what’s gotten into the
For the first time in 250 years, politics has become irrelevant. Not uninteresting or unimportant; obviously the way a society organizes itself matters to its
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