“I hope for Goldman Sachs’ bankruptcy”: Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Skin in the Game
In Taleb’s universe, the fieriest circle of hell is reserved for bankers and neoconservatives.
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Is the world really better than ever? Steven Pinker on the case for optimism
The author of Enlightenment Now defends himself from charges of utopianism.
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A Marxist case against Brexit: Trade union leader Manuel Cortes on what Labour should do
“As Jeremy listens to people, I’m sure he could change his mind,” says the pro-EU Corbynite.
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“I want the state to think like an anarchist”: Dutch historian Rutger Bregman on why the left must reclaim utopianism
The Dutch thinker advocates global open borders, a universal basic income and a 15-hour working week.
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The rapid rise of Laura Pidcock – the Labour MP tipped as a possible successor to Corbyn
The 30-year-old newcomer loathes “the exoticisation of the working class” in politics. “I don’t want to be part of romanticising it.”
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The number cruncher-in-chief: OBR head Robert Chote on the costs of Brexit
The chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility explains why the UK economy is “weak and stable, rather than strong…
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In place of fear: Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth on how to solve the NHS crisis
The shadow health secretary reveals that he is interested in the idea of a new health service tax.
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Why Michael Heseltine is still raging against Brexit
This year, at the age of 83, the Tory peer became one of the oldest rebels in history.
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