In libertarian circles, where the leader of the German liberals, Christian Lindner, regularly moves, it has become chic to refer to the ‘successes’ of the Argentine president elected a year ago, thus creating the impression that shock therapy could also be appropriate in this country. The Argentine president, Javier Milei, is being held up as a paragon of liberalism before anyone can even present well-founded empirical evidence that his radical approach is having positive effects. Even the no-less libertarian Elon Musk is repeatedly cited as Milei’s kindred spirit, presumably to show how much money can be made if you have the right attitude.
National Politics
John Mearsheimer – Ukraine: Bound to Lose
Ukraine’s 2023 Counteroffensive – A lengthy but excellent analysis of how and why the Ukrainian “Spring Offensive” has ended in failure Read HERE
Geopolitics
Gideon Levy: ‘You’re a Nazi’: Getting Attacked for Speaking Out Against Israel’s War Crimes in Gaza
Etzel Haturki (At the Turk’s) is a well-known shawarma place in the central Israeli city of Or Yehuda, and there is nothing Turkish about it: It looks simple, though the prices are not so cheap, […]
Finance
David Beer: The power of our social media data
David Beer looks at various apsects of the Cambridge Analytica scandal and considers some solutions to the problems posed by social media. Read here
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