How capitalism ate democracy

Three accounts of modern liberalism

Understanding the rise of the far right

Donald Trump describes the enemy as “global financial powers”. For Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, they’re “international speculators” with hidden faces. For Matthew Goodwin, national populism’s chief British

“Politicians always seem to assume that the British public isn’t willing to pay more tax in return for better public services,” says Vince Cable. “I’m not entirely sure that’s true.” The former Lib De

Over the past four decades, as inequality has grown exponentially for all Americans, the number of poor and low-income white people—66 million in 2018—has swelled higher than any other demographic. Th

When Donald Trump took the oath of office for the second time in January 2025, he was surrounded not just by politicians and dignitaries, but by the CEOs of six of the world’s most visible technology