The GAL-TAN scale can explain why populists are doing well, but not why greens aren't. Why is that?

Memes and disinformation are intimately related, and I believe the information age changed the dominant paradigm for memes from positive to

Biden seems very likely to get the most votes, it remains to be seen if that's enough to win the White House.

This year has been quite chaotic so far, and there's a risk that partisanship could lead to more chaos in November.

Context is everything, and the current protests against police brutality wouldn't be as large were it not for the context of the pandemic.

Lately it seems criticising democracy has become more fashionable, so here are my responses to the two arguments that come up the most.

Parasite is clearly last year's best film, and handles the issues Joker tried to tackle with far more nuance and elegance.

Some insist a stop to economic growth is the only way to save the environment? Is an end to growth as radical as it sounds?

With only six months to November, who is the most likely Democratic candidate? And do they stand a chance against Trump?

I made some bold predictions about what was going to happen this year, let's find out how wrong I was.

The Saudi's are selling Aramco, the question is: why now?

I don’t usually write about movies on the blog, I tend to stick to economics and politics but this week I want to discuss one of this...

OK Boomer: The Economic and Political Origins of Intergenerational Conflict It’s fairly common to find instances of poor...

There have been a lot of large-scale protests in 2019, from Paris to Santiago and from Hong Kong to Baghdad people have taken to the...

With the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall having come and gone I’ve reflected on the changes that came with the post-wall...

With the American election season starting up again, and another election in the United Kingdom planned in December I think this is a...

Will Trump be impeached? How will impechment impact American foreign and domestic policy?

How come there isn't a proper political debate about the gig economy and what will it look like if it arrives?

Why are European Elections important and why do I predict Eurosceptics to do well in this years European Election?

I write frequently on the blog about inequality and how current monetary policy has a significant regressive wealth distribution profile...