Digital technology was supposed to disperse power. Early internet visionaries hoped that the revolution they were unleashing would empower individuals to free themselves from ignorance,...
In mainstream economics, description is routinely treated as secondary to analysis. Labeling a work as “purely descriptive” conveys dismissiveness. Yet, as Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen...
In 2025, 72% of the world’s population—5.8 billion people—live under autocratic regimes, a sharp rise from 49% two decades ago. According to the Democracy Report 2025,...
They are not accountable to voters; they are not subject to democratic control, but they have resources, infrastructure, and influence that surpass most nation-states. In the...
Call it what you will, through the looking glass, Bizarro world or a parallel universe, but we’re living in a strange and twisted caricature version...
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