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Branko Milanović – The politics of physiocracy: Quesnay and China

January 24, 2024 Ben Wray 0

The Physiocrats are out-of-fashion but they may have something to teach us about China’s political system. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, Alone: The Future of […]

Robin McAlpine: Scotland had one intellectual – and then he died

January 25, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The decline of a serious intellectual culture in Scotland is a broader phenomenon. Robin McAlpine is founder of the Scottish think-and-do tank Common Weal Cross-posted from Robin McAlpine’s blog In some ways losing Tom Nairn […]