Recent Posts :
- On Romania’s Cancelled Elections, Disinformation and Democracy.
Panicked elites are only too happy to throw the democratic baby out with the disinformation bathwater. The highest court in Romania has cancelled the presidential election that was underway, calling the results of the first round null and void because of Russian bots peddling misinformation and supporting an outsider candidate – who surprised everybody and […]
- How to Build a New Elite
The elitist-populist debate is the topic of the moment, following Trump’s second win. The conversation usually polarises into two positions: In favour of, or against, the current elites. If you are against the current elites, you are taken, by default, to be a Trumpian populist. But there is a third position, which is that we […]
- A Response to Steve Keen on the Problem of Poverty in the Context of a Calibrated Basic Income.
If you haven’t done so yet, you should really watch the most recent Steve Keen and Friends livestream . His guest, Alex Howlett, proposed a “calibrated” basic income. That means one used as a demand side macroeconomic lever, not a poverty elimination plan. This allows monetary policy to be tighter, meaning fewer loans are originated […]