The Globalist

Donald Trump’s musings upon leaving Sicily after the G7 summit.

With a new French President at her side, Merkel feels invigorated again. She even feels a sense of destiny regarding Europe.

A self-fulfilling prophecy of failure: Welfare states attract a lot of unskilled migrants who fail to assimilate. A political disaster is looming.

The Donald Trump administration aims at redefining US trade relationships with the rest of the world to make trade “free and fair” again.

The best response to populism is active government policy. We need more and better smart liberalism.

The disunity of Israel’s opposition parties is serving the Occupation.

China’s Belt and Road initiative is eerily reminiscent of a 15th century Chinese vanity exercise.

Macron’s victory really is a positive signal for the European Union’s future — especially viewed in context against the American union.

Populists movements will continue to win elections because there is something profoundly wrong with modern capitalism.

Most CEO jobs are as outsourceable as everybody else’s. The incentive is greater too, given the direct savings in salary costs etc.