Portugal Is Potentially A Very Big Deal
Portugal has entered a phase change, with potentially huge ramifications. After handing a parliamentary majority to a coalition of leftist (i.e., anti-austerity, anti-euro, anti-NATO) parties,
Portugal has entered a phase change, with potentially huge ramifications. After handing a parliamentary majority to a coalition of leftist (i.e., anti-austerity, anti-euro, anti-NATO) parties,
Wow. Portugal just did something extraordinary. In its most recent election, parties of the left — anti-austerity, anti-business, mistrustful of the euro and other extra-national
Back when the republican party was actually the party of small government it was possible for country club moderates (white guys and their trophy wives
Ah, the Italians. They’re good for at least one entry in the “Why We’re Ungovernable” series each year, and their latest is the best yet:
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
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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