Capital ideas

“[People] who never lived under socialism adore it, while everyone who lived under it hates it,”says Garry Kasparov, the Russian former chess grandmaster. New York’s enthusiasm for “democratic sociali

Andrew Van Sickle: The developed world has a growth and productivity crisis. Taxes are high, there is growing concern over income and wealth inequality, and the statist populist right and populist lef

What makes a novel of ideas?

The centre left has joined the populist right in despairing of good government

Statue of Spinoza near Amsterdam’s city hall ...

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