The me-first doctrine is a threat to prosperity

From Kafka’s “The Trial” to Orwell’s “1984”

The debates do not have women’s interests at heart

A €200m seizure from the Corleone Mafia that once terrorised the country

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Compared with most rich countries, the foreign workforce is still small

To help their cause, they are adopting tropes and rhetoric from the American right

How a Canadian hockey drama, “Heated Rivalry”, has inflamed the hearts of viewers

Literary agents are more important than readers give them credit for

The saxophone colossus died on May 25th, aged 95

How did standards for military leaders fall so low?

Caesars and MGM may soon be under new ownership

Socialism has changed. Today’s lefties have shed the weighty collectivist ideals of their forebears in favour of snappy, me-first policies: freeze my rent! Cut my bills! Protect my job! And—to pay for it all—tax the rich! Soakalism? Zohranomics? Call it what…

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In 1831, America looked like the future of democracy. Is that still true today?

The government is betting that the answer is no

They are hatching ingenious schemes

Why “Democracy in America” is worth going back to on the country’s 250th birthday

Choosing where to focus is among the most important skills

The author of “Persepolis”, an international sensation, died on June 4th, aged 56