Also worth noting that Trump's economic policies have hurt his MAGA base and enriched his rich friends and family. That might be a leading indicator of where the Reform economic agenda will fall… (View Post)

You keep making this point but it is idiotic. Every country needs to do its share in terms of accepting refugees. France already has 50% more refugees than we do, relative to their population. (View Post)

I wouldn't use GDP in a foreign currency to compare GDP growth differences, for the reasons you describe, namely the volatility in FX rates. Also it doesn't really measure what we are tryin… (View Post)

I love Boring Postcards. Never has a book been less accurately titled. It's actually a powerful and moving testament to postwar optimism, the idea that ordinary lives were worth celebrating, and… (View Post)

That comes dangerously close to victim blaming in my view. If only brown people didn't exist, there wouldn't be any racism. The Brexit campaign made it acceptable to blame all our ills on &… (View Post)