Category Archives: North America

America and the World: Part III. The Crash of 2008 and Eurotragedy.

Posted on 21/10/2018 by

The two books under review analyze the financial crash of 2008 from different perspectives. Adam Tooze, the historian and director of the Columbia University European Institute in New York, authors Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed The World, … Continue reading →

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White Trash in the UK: The Revenge of the June 23, 2016 vote. Part III. Racialism and Identity politics

Posted on 03/09/2018 by

Education: Education in the UK is highly  contentious. The same holds true in western Europe, the United States and Australia. [1]Where the UK differs is in the gap between more conservative and liberal attitudes on education.  Conservative people generally prefer … Continue reading →

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President Trump and the global multilateral order

Posted on 17/07/2018 by

President Trump is destroying the multilateral trading system, which previous US administrations have done so much to promote, and on which the world’s continued prosperity depends. He is doing so as an “American Firster”, thereby setting an example for the … Continue reading →

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