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On Economy and Politics: Australia Shows The Way

As Western nations experience rising populist anger over contentious issues like immigration, health care access and wage equity, one country appears to have cracked the code for maintaining political consensus. Simultaneously, it also has managed to achieve, what The Economist calls, "the most successful rich economy" in the world. The...

Liberalism Has Evolved Into Closed, Elitist System It Once Replaced

"Liberalism made the modern world, but the modern world is turning against it." So begins a thought-provoking essay from The Economist magazine analyzing the growing global shift away from long-standing Western democratic values to a more widespread acceptance of nationalism and authoritarianism. "Western voters have started to doubt that the...

In Worrying Trend, United States Fails "Full Democracy" Test

For the past 10 years, The Economist has tracked the strength of democracy in 167 countries across the globe. Now, for the second consecutive year, the United States has failed to meet the standard of "full democracy" as measured by the publication's metrics. In his Washington Post column from Feb....

In Worrying Trend, United States Fails "Full Democracy" Test

For the past 10 years, The Economist has tracked the strength of democracy in 167 countries across the globe. Now, for the second consecutive year, the United States has failed to meet the standard of "full democracy" as measured by the publication's metrics. In his Washington Post column from Feb....

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