Op-Ed

Theresa May has miscalculated her Brexit strategy, says the ­former Greek finance minister who handled his country’s EU negotiations.

How do I feel now that article 50 has been triggered? I feel sad that so many good people in Britain will feel so disappointed when they realise that Brexit has not helped them “take back their country”.

March for a Different Europe in Rome, March 25, 2017. From DiEm25 facebook page.
Allowing EU member states to move in different directions and at different speeds is precisely the wrong way to address the differing concerns of Europeans living in different countries – and it seems an odd way to unite them behind a single way forward for the continent.

Click here for my Project Syndicate op-ed in which I reply to Bill Gates’ proposal for a tax on robots, counter-proposing the idea first canvassed here of a universal basic dividend from a public share trust fund.

LONDON – “I don’t care about what it will cost. We took our country back!” This is the proud message heard throughout England since the Brexit referendum last June. And it is a demand that is resonating across the continent. … Continue reading →

The answer to neoliberalism’s Waterloo cannot be the retreat to a barricaded nation-state and the pitting of ‘our’ people against ‘others’ fenced off by tall walls Click here for The Guardian – or… A clash of two insurgencies is now … Continue reading →

Ron Paul weighs in.

The only sensible Syria policy is for the US to stop trying to overthrow their government.

Those calling for bans on “fake news” are not just trying to censor easily-disproved Internet hoaxes.

Can we take President Trump at his word when it comes to foreign policy?