I don't think Reich is right. Trump isn't showing the power of an oligarchy in America. Trump didn't just pointlessly impose tariffs on Canada because Silicon Valley or Wall Street cla… (View Post)

I wouldn't say Obama was well endowed with wisdom - see his disastrously feeble reactions to Russia in Ukraine and Syria, or his idiotic quote to Romney, who tried to warm him about Russia, that… (View Post)

Of course it's possible that an authoritarian populist could be elected as PM. The question is whether, once he overreached, as all authoritarians do, he could be got rid of easily. Here I think… (View Post)

You clearly did not study international economics and don't keep up with economic literature. The worst thing you can do if a foreign country is stupid enough to subsidise your consumers by payi… (View Post)

It was transparent the moment she'd opened her mouth that she'd been lobbied. Like most people who are out of their depth in their jobs, she parrots the line of the last person who spoke to… (View Post)