Second batch of notes on Russia, Europe and America
Senior consultant at EY on the impact of sanctions and the green deal on the Czech economy: ‘The crisis is an opportunity to filter the market. This is how capitalism…
A note of dignity for Labour Day
In an interesting essay on Unherd, historian Alwyn W. Turner discusses how social relations in the UK changed during the period associated with the government of Tony Blair and his…
On narratives and blindfolding
Sergei Karagonov: “The West is waging a desperate struggle to maintain its hegemony, which has allowed it to pump the world’s product to its advantage. In ideological terms, this is…
Ivo Budil: All the masks have fallen off
Western man has lost the traditionally optimistic attitude towards the future which was the vital force of our ancient Indo-European warrior ancestors and which, since the eighteenth century, has been…
The stupidest aristocratic privilege
The ubiquitous agitation in favour of the Communist Party, the working class or eternal friendship with the Soviet Union was part of everyday life in communist regimes. It was very…
Useless economists
In response to an email query, I will try to explain why I consider the neoclassical (liberal) school of economics to be completely misguided and wrong from the ground up.…