Should we have boycotted the World Cup in Qatar? Probably not. Since we have always accepted to participate in sports competitions with regimes far removed from social and electoral democracy, starting with China (2008 Olympic Games) and Russia (2018 World Cup), the boycott of Qatar would have been interpreted as a new mark of the hypocrisy of Westerners, always ready to give lessons to a few small countries when it suits them, while continuing to do business with all those who bring them enough money.
Corruption
Dani Rodrik: What’s Been Stopping the Left?
Rodrik does not go far enough in his analysis. The problem is that the traditional Left, especially in Europe, has become completely corrupted. It has been occupied by opportunists who have one goal: getting rich. […]
EU politics
Irish Times: We are about to build the wrong homes in the wrong places at the wrong price
“Do we really want our cities, towns and villages designed by developer-led planning and determined by unelected officials? That is what is happening now.” Developer-led plans for Dublin housing density far exceed 19th-century tenements Read […]
Economics
Paul De Grauwe and Yuemei Ji: Financial engineering will not stabilise an unstable euro area
If you can get through it, there are some interesting points made. Read here
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