On rationality and the pursuit of happiness
Personally, I prefer to talk about irrationality in the context of wealth accumulation. I think it makes sense to acquire more and more possessions if it increases our happiness in…
On the healthy fragmentation of personal capital
Is it possible to eliminate the “addiction to mammon” and therefore the tendency to corruption that goes with it? Eliminate it completely, no, but mitigate it, yes. As the American…
They shot themselves in their own foot
The French radical opposition has long had one huge problem – Marine Le Pen. She has never been able to perform with the charm expected of a top politician in…
Retro principle
The close integration of science, services and industrial production has been done before. Many still remember the time when scientists used to go to factories and ask engineers what they…
What Ukraine needs most
A few days ago, we were discussing whether Europe is really turning into a military power that could potentially start a war or whether there are just ritual gestures without…
After liberal hegemony
“Trump is a consequence of the last quarter-century of liberal internationalist politics, not its cause, and to attribute changes in the direction of American foreign policy to an individual would…