The Return of Sequential Polygamy
As inequality deepens across Western societies, patterns of childbearing are shifting against the backdrop of declining fertility. We are quietly reverting to an older reproductive order: some men father many…
The Fate of Two Alliances
Every political project of the past century has faced the same dilemma. On the one hand, it serves the interests and ambitions of some elite, counter-elite, or avant-garde—call it what…
From Equality to Decline
The twentieth century was, by any serious measure, the age of the lowest inequality in the history of mankind. Several distinct forces brought this about. First, there was the general…