Populist narratives and fair debate
“Everyone – parties, activists, and citizens – must start fighting the narratives that the populists have set for us here. Because if we stick to the narrative that refugees are…
On the alliance between the rednecks and the scientists
In my public lecture this week, among other things, I talked about the challenge we face of how to combine the thinking of expert minds trained to analytical procedures with…
Global opportunity, local decline
Another bunch of economists and managers issued a proclamation on how the Czech economy should change. When one reads the aforementioned proclamation, one has the feeling that one is once…
Catch up and overtake! Stalinist education
In the Czech Republic, what Western countries already have is in full swing. Incoming Education Minister Petr Gazdík believes that children must be taught thoroughly about climate change. At the…
Guilty of bad media coverage
America was alive last week with the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. The 17-year-old who wanted to be a police officer joined a group that protected stores in Kenosha County, Wisconsin during…
On the immorality of management bonuses
One of the fallacies of liberal economics, and that is the illusion that if people can earn more, they will also be motivated to work more, and ultimately the whole…