Krugman is a liberal economist but even still 10 years ago I couldn't imagine him calling for expropriation and (temporary) nationalization of a major company. What stage of capitalism is this? paulkrugman.substack.com/p/its-time-t...

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Selbst mit meinem durch die Realität äußerst fortgeschrittenen Niveau am alltäglichen Zwangssarkasmus fällt es mir schwer, einen angemessenen Kommentar zu Witkoffs "humanistischen" Anmerkungen zu Putin auszudenken, der nicht bereits gemacht wurde.

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In Venezuela last September, I found people hoping for change, but shocked and surprised by US policy, especially opaque oil deals with former regime cronies. The system looks, one economist told me, like “a coalition of two kleptocracies" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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A violent and coordinated youth uprising? Listen to each country’s protesters, not the voices telling us Europe is ungovernable. That’s exactly the picture Europe’s enemies want to paint. Read my latest for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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"Europe’s protests have different causes, constituencies and demands. Portraying them as a Europe-wide rebellion erases those differences and makes Europe look ungovernable. That picture is a gift to anyone who wants to exploit the unrest."

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