It's the 17-18 years since the GFC that has seen the breakdown of the cycle of growth, and the resulting decline of traditional parties. (View Post)

I think it's very easy to blame Muslims in the UK for changing views about Israel. It's also wrong. Views of Israel have gone into absolute freefall everywhere. South Korea and Japan have w… (View Post)

This is a good article. My only criticism is that it's parochial. The last two decades, across the developed world, have been shit. Now, not shit in absolute terms; no one is starving. But shit … (View Post)

The problem with nuclear is that it looks incredibly expensive when compared to natural gas, and nuclear plants have historically had lots of unscheduled maintenance meaning uptime is often worse tha… (View Post)

I'm going to disagree with Noah a bit. (And bear in mind this is a 2022 Substack.) There is crushing poverty in the US, to a level that in incomprehensible to a Brit or to a Slovenian. The old s… (View Post)