“I hope for Goldman Sachs’ bankruptcy”: Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Skin in the Game
In Taleb’s universe, the fieriest circle of hell is reserved for bankers and neoconservatives.
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Leader: As seen in Italy, social democrats are being left behind across Europe
Labour is the only major European party of the left to have advanced in recent times.
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“We are hungry, tired, cold and scared. Our children are starving”: life under Assad’s barbaric siege
A United Nations resolution calling for a 30-day ceasefire across Syria, agreed on 24 February, has proved meaningless.
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From Boris Johnson to Donald Trump: the long decline of diplomacy
Is the new generation of diplomats committed to traditional forms of statecraft: patient negotiation, coalition-building, strategic vision?
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China’s lucky leader wins again: the secrets of Xi Jinping’s success
Xi occupies the leadership at a time when the struggle of the past seven decades is coming to fruition.
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Johnny Mercer’s Diary: Macron’s vision, May’s problems, and saving the NHS
The Conservative MP on Donald Trump, Brexit, and what to do to help the health service.
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Commons Confidential: Is George Osborne plotting his political comeback?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Is the world really better than ever? Steven Pinker on the case for optimism
The author of Enlightenment Now defends himself from charges of utopianism.
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