Tag: politics
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Thoughts on this special day
Today, October 31, 2017, is a special day for me. For one, it’s my birthday, and a very round one at that. (Thanks for all the good wishes!) But also, 500 years ago today, an obscure cleric nailed some highly provocative statements on the door of a church in an obscure town, an act —…
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How complex systems fail, or the curious Brexit paralysis
After losing the Brexit vote, prime minister Cameron resigned. That sounds reasonable: he lost and so he resigned. But did you notice that nobody, absolutely nobody, wants to become the next prime minister? Not even senior politicians like Boris Johnson that campaigned in favor of Leave and wanted to be PM for a long time?…
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Why Varoufakis’ “Democracy In Europe Movement” (Diem 25) Matters
Earlier today, former Greek finance minister, economics professor and self-described “erratic Marxist” Yanis Varoufakis launched his long-awaited new political movement in Berlin, Germany. It calls itself “Democracy in Europe Movement“, aka Diem 25. This is rather significant, and I get to why in a second. But first I want to talk about why it looks…