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Thomas Main argues that illiberalism is the basic repudiation of liberal democracy, the very foundation on which the United States rests. He joins us this week to discuss how we got here and what we can do about it.
The United Arab Emirates is slicing half a day off the working week while companies experiment with shorter hours. A lasting shift requires a majority to follow, even as tech makes it harder to log off. But post-pandemic workers may be more willing to trade labour for leisure.
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6 Min Read A Wall Street sign is pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York, October 28, 2013. LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - Brown Brothers Harriman is Wall Street’s forgotten bank. As Zachary Karabell admits in the introduction to “Inside Money: Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power”, mention of the firm’s name today prompts some to wonder whether it still exists. Yet its public profile was not always subterranean. For the best part of two centuries, the partnership tracked the turbulent ascent of American capitalism. Though its power has ebbed, its ...
It’s widely accepted that mankind has had a massive impact on the planet. What’s less often acknowledged is that the damage is basically irreversible. Humans can only try to limit or correct the consequences of their 10,000-year-long assault on nature. But wilfully trying...