Author: DPstaff

Human Nature – Israelis and Palestinians

Looking at the issue from the point of view of Israel, Professor Kahneman says that…

How Asset Managers Came to Own Everything and You Failed to Notice

Mark Blyth and Brett Christophers discuss:

Friday Poem: Things That Collapse

by Jonathan Harris at the Rattle: Slumped in a lawn chair under a pink umbrella…

The Hidden History of Those Who Wrote the Christian Story

Candida Moss in Time: It is an unlikely success story. A first century religious leader named…

Your Nationality May Influence How Much You Talk With Your Hands

Brian Owens in New Scientist: People of different nationalities appear to vary in their use of…

Welcome to Pakistan: Democracy’s Decay: The Senate’s Descent Into Deception

by Rabia Azfar Nizami in The Express Tribune: The democratic structure of governance rooted in…

The Problematic Past, Present, and Future of Inequality Studies

Branko Milanović’s century-spanning intellectual history of inequality in economic theory reveals the ideological reasons behind…

Anyone Advocating Neoliberal Policies is Now Persona Non Grata in Washington, D.C.

Post-neoliberals are having a moment. If it continues for too long, the result could be…

Empire of the Ants: What Insect Supercolonies Can Teach Us

John Whitfield in The Guardian: It is a familiar story: a small group of animals…

Wednesday Poem: The Sum of Life

Nothing to do but work,…. Nothing to eat but food,Nothing to wear but clothes…. To…

Ibn Khaldun on a Failed Nation–Seven Hundred Years Ago

“A defeated nation always admires the conqueror, imitating his dress and adopting the signs of…

Countering Growing Authoritarianism Requires a Robust Civil Society, Media & Academia

by Margee Ensign at IPS: (C)ountering growing authoritarianism requires a bigger, more interconnected ecosystem of…