“trump’s tariffs are dramatic only if you have a short historical memory”

Global markets and the new illiberalism

Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the

“All government leaders know what to do. They just don’t know how to get re-elected if they do it.” Jean-Claude Juncker, the former president of the European Commission, said little of note in his pol

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Storm clouds are a gathering, reckons our Nick…