THE BIG DEMOCRACY WHERE LAWMAKERS ARE MIGHTIER THAN THE EXECUTIVE / THE ECONOMIST

Congress and corruption The big democracy where lawmakers are mightier than the executive A too-weak president can be a threat to democracy,...

WHAT INEQUALITY DOES TO ELECTORAL DEMOCRACY / PROJECT SYNDICATE

What Inequality Does to Electoral Democracy Like many advanced democracies, France has long cycled between periods in which its politics wer...

WHY RULES-BASED ORDERS FAIL / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Why Rules-Based Orders Fail For a brief period after the Cold War, Americans persuaded themselves that the liberal order had become self-sus...

THE BATTLE FOR THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

The battle for the future of democratic republics Celebrations in the US for its 250th anniversary are in part a wake Martin Wolf © James Fe...

THE NEW LUDDITE MOVEMENT / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

The new Luddite movement If governments don’t slow AI down, voters — like their predecessors — might take matters into their own hands Camil...

CENTRISTS CRYING "WOLF" / THE ECONOMIST

The Telegram Centrists crying “Wolf!” The wrong way to beat populists who deny the existence of hard problems Illustration: Chloe Cushman AN...

THE GREAT HUNGARIAN RESET / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The Great Hungarian Reset Now that he has ousted Viktor Orbán, incoming Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar inherits an economy burdened b...

TO SAVE DEMOCRACY, FIGHT INEQUALITY / PROJECT SYNDICATE

To Save Democracy, Fight Inequality When liberal democracy fails to deliver material well-being, its legitimacy erodes, and the far right fi...