China´s Unseen Threats
You may be familiar with Professor Budil’s theory of capitalism. It will be presented in full in his forthcoming book, due early next year, and he recently outlined it at…
Fertility Isn’t Physics
I plan to return later to the broader debate about why birthrates surged so dramatically after World War II. For now, let me pause on the language we use when…
From Speculation to Steel
Ivo Budil at yesterday’s conference on migration: What we call “civilizational decline” is, in truth, a product of a poorly designed socio-economic system. It is not an inevitable stage in…
Tragic But Not Unique
We watch the fate of Syria with sorrow — a once relatively tolerant government swept away and replaced by fanatical killers. Many blame the United States or “the West” for…
From Conspiracy to Capitulation
There is no shortage of analysis on the cooperation between today’s Western political-financial elites and jihadist movements. What is discussed far less is the curious overlap between jihad and certain…
Argentina´s from promise to capitulation
Not long ago, Argentina’s president could still be cast as an economic wunderkind. Today it is clear the opposite is true. He inherited a poor and broken country, managed to…