How Asset Managers Came to Own Everything and You Failed to Notice
Mark Blyth and Brett Christophers discuss:
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 Jesus was brutally executed as a criminal in first century Jerusalem. His death should have
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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 accountability, transparency, and public service, now stands marred by shadows of deception and discord within
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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 the field’s resurgence in the last few decades. Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins in The Nation: Branko Milanović’s
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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 a less productive, less resilient, more warlike economy. by Daniel W. Drezner at Reason: The
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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 robust civil society, media, and academia, each of which underpin democratic values and an informed
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023 Joumana Khatib at The New York Times: Since its release last summer, James McBride’s latest novel, “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,”
Why Isn’t Pakistan Exploiting Its Energy Assets?
Oil Analyst Syed Rashid Hussain (Toronto-based) shares his views on Pakistan’s energy assets and discusses A Guyanese Case Study on Oil, with Dawn News: Part 1 of 2 Part 2
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The Drive for International Justice—and Why it Stalled
by Aryeh Neier at Ideas Letter: The Cold War derailed efforts to create a permanent international court after successful international tribunals following World War II. The push for international justice
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Civil Society’s Proper Place
Lee Siegel at The Ideas Letter: Consider the recent trend of “The Great Resignation” and “quiet quitting,” which developed in the context of media speculation about a world in which
The Keys to a Long Life Are Sleep and a Better Diet—and Money
Nobel Prize–winning biologist Venki Ramakrishnan explores the science and charlatans of life-extension. Matt Reynolds in Wired: In one way or another, the superrich have always been trying to extend their lives.
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Geopolitical Turbulence and Iran-Pakistan Pipeline
Dawn Editorial: WHILE U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu’s recent testimony before a Congressional panel contained no bombshells about the cipher saga, the American diplomat’s replies to questions from
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