Milei shows the way

Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, is one of the few bright stars in the vast, dead, black, cold and empty universe of politics. Whatever else can be said about him, that star is rising. Milei led h

Global markets and the new illiberalism

“Markets appear to have their mojo back,” says The New York Times Dealbook. Shares on Wall Street wobbled at the end of last week, with even strong results from AI chip champion Nvidia failing to calm

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