The world has never been better. From global poverty to inequality between nations, all the indicators are showing progress. This is a comforting narrative – popularized by the likes of Bill Gates and Steven Pinker. But is it true? Jason Hickel examines the rise of this so-called ‘New Optimism’ and finds a ‘battle cry for the status quo’.
If we look at the data, it becomes clear that poor countries are developing rich countries, not the other way around Jason Hickel is an anthropologist who works on political economy and global justice. He […]
Technic will solve Global Warming. If this technic is collectivised, then the social aspect is solved as well. No, explains Aaron Vansintjan. That is not the solution; it is the continuation of the problem, eventually […]
The Tories have a problem. The political winds dictate that they retreat from fiscal austerity. But how can they do so without admitting that austerity was an error in the first place? On the Today […]
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