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Sanctions: the Accelerated End of the Liberal World Order
Sanctions have become the U.S. and Europe’s go-to response to international disputes, providing quick, clean, and non-military means to...
Ned Johnson
Dec 3, 20243 min read


Political Hauntology and a New Economic Paradigm
In his 1993 book Spectres of Marx , Jaques Derrida introduced the concept of Hauntology as he saw it; where the modern state of reality...
Andres De Miguel
Nov 30, 20245 min read


Japan Enters a New Corporate Age
Coverage of Japanese companies, such as 7-Eleven and FujiSoft , is a welcome sight. It signals renewed optimism from investors and...
Louis Gilmore
Nov 26, 20244 min read


Slowing Down to Move Forward - China’s Struggle with its Ageing Population
Birth rates are dropping, populations are shrinking, and concerns are growing over who will support ageing generations. This issue is...
Foteini Garyfallidou
Nov 19, 20244 min read


Jabs Not Jobs: Why Weight Loss Injections Won't Solve Britain's Unemployment Crisis
In 1984, Steven Patrick Morrissey crooned: ‘I was looking for a job and then I found a job – and heaven knows I’m miserable now.’ Swap...
Ellen Morgan
Nov 17, 20243 min read


The Return of History and the Coming Clash
In the Summer of 1989, near the end of the Cold War, Francis Fukuyama published his infamous thesis titled “ The End of History? ”....
Naif Al Bidh
Nov 16, 20244 min read


Local Government and Britain’s Far Right
The UK’s national elections in July stood as a largely muted continuation of the country’s amicable political process. Power was...
Andres De Miguel
Nov 15, 20244 min read


The Monarchy’s Demise is Not Inevitable. A British Republic Would be a Bad Thing.
Such is the inability of the anti-monarchist campaign group ‘Republic’ to understand data, or the United Kingdom’s constitution, that...
Nathaniel Delo
Nov 4, 20243 min read


The Government’s Bus Fare Cap Rise is a Step in the Wrong Direction
Beyond the minutiae of policy announcements and elaborate charts, Budgets represent much more. They provide an opportunity for...
Abhay Venkitaraman
Nov 2, 20244 min read


BRICS and the Rapidly Shifting Balance of Power
As the global balance of power continues to shift at lightning speed in 2024, the recent BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, presents another...
Devin O'Sullivan
Nov 1, 20244 min read


The US Dockworkers’ Strike Exemplifies a Broken American Political Economy
Many Americans heaved a sigh of relief earlier this month, after the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), a union...
Abhay Venkitaraman
Oct 29, 20244 min read


Javier Milei’s Chainsaw Politics Is Just More Of The Same For Argentina
In Argentine politics, the script is grimly predictable. A populist leader sweeps into power, inflation bites at real wages, and living...
Jack Rowlett
Oct 24, 20244 min read


Labour’s VAT on Private Schools: A Necessary Measure or the Politics of Envy?
On the 13th of June, Labour launched their manifesto. Alongside core pledges such as the launch of Great British Energy (GB Energy), was...
Awadallah Abdalla
Oct 23, 20243 min read


The Kids are Not Okay: Britain's Mental Health Crisis
It would be safe to say that the UK does not see itself as a happy country. Any attempt at displaying authentic enthusiasm or innocent...
Andres De Miguel
Oct 22, 20244 min read

Finland’s Olympic Failure Reveals the Pressing Need to Cut Sports Funding
The recent Olympic Games was a disaster for Finland. Despite 9 million euros in spending on high-level athletes and hundreds of millions...
Ian Golan
Oct 21, 20243 min read


The Battle for Korea Zinc
We are all too familiar with family feuds. If you grew up playing sports, you may be familiar with feuding with a competitor. It begins...
Louis Gilmore
Oct 17, 20243 min read


The EU is Leading and Brexit Britain Must Follow
The EU has taken a decision to impose new and extreme tariffs on electric vehicles made in China. EU members backed a plan to increase...
Harry Ollington
Oct 15, 20244 min read


Could Labour be More Contradictory, or Wrong, on the Economy?
They really did take us for fools. Labour have lied to millions of voters (albeit to millions of voters less than in 2017 and 2019), as...
Nathaniel Delo
Oct 12, 20243 min read


Are Labour Going to Increase Taxes?
With only two months left of 2024, Spotify Wrapped is just around the corner. I wonder what Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ top song...
Dan Sillett
Oct 11, 20244 min read


With the winter fuel allowance gone, Reeves should abolish free bus passes next
Ending the winter fuel allowance for pensioners has proved to be a very unpopular decision. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is right to have...
Charles Amos
Oct 10, 20243 min read
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