But the Putin appeaser/Chamberlain analogy is accurate - or at least there isn a good chance it is. If Putin gets what he wants in Ukraine then there is every likelhood he will look to other countrie… (View Post)

That will always be the case. At the most extreme, starving, penniless people have little interest in democracy and this is just a milder version of that. It has ever been such since the birth iof th… (View Post)

For all of you bewildered as to why Trump won again and so comprehensively, perhaps I can crave your indulgence and repost the link to the article I wrote for PB on the Trump phenomena back in early … (View Post)

Except I have made absolutely no claim like that either in the post you respond to or at any other time. Indeed you seem to have forgotten I wrote an entire article on here on the understandable econ… (View Post)

I would suggest you wait and see to what extent Trump betrays Ukraine before you start your gloating and vendettas. I see no reason at present to change my view that he will be disastrous for world s… (View Post)