OCTOBER 20, 2023 8:02 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good evening, my fellow Americans. We’re facing an inflection point in history — one of those moments where the decisions we make today are going to ...
How to cancel “cancel culture”
Two new books examine the brokenness of wokeness Yascha mounk’s book contains several jolting stories, which encapsulate the extreme thinking of some on the American left. When covid-19 vaccines...
Chinese feminists are rebuilding their movement abroad
Stand-up comedy is one means of resistance Two chinese women sit on the stage of a basement comedy club in Manhattan. They wear matching blazers and speak highly formal Mandarin, just like prese...
The EU’s endless search for a migration fix
An internal deal comes together while a cross-Mediterranean one falls apart When boubacar touré heard the crash of a tour bus near Venice, plunging 15 metres from a bridge, he ran towards the no...
Which EU country is winning our economic pentathlon?
We’ve ranked countries on five measures The european economies are in for a troubling few years. Germany is probably in recession. The European Commission is forecasting growth of just 0.8% for ...
Large parts of Asia are getting old before they get rich
Even poor countries must start planning for an ageing population Abulge in a country’s working-age population is a blessing. Lots of workers support relatively few children and retired people. S...
Europe should not copy Bidenomics
It needs a deeper, greener single market—not more state handouts It is not hard to see why Europe feels the urge to copy President Joe Biden’s economic policies. The loss of cheap Russian fossil...
How economists have underestimated Chinese consumption
The surprising relevance of state-subsidised spicy cucumber “Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production,” Adam Smith pointed out. But his “perfectly self-evident” maxim has never ...
Don’t blame “quiet quitting” on Gen-Z
A global index of workplace attitudes suggests that it is more widespread It started with a TikTok video. Last year a 17-second clip that promoted doing the absolute minimum at work sparked a “#qu...
At what age do you hit the peak of your career?
Evidence from 200 Nobel laureates When john goodenough won the Nobel prize in chemistry in 2019 at the age of 97, scientists breathed a sigh of relief. Many had worried that the committee would no...