Clive Crook
Nationalism and globalism not incompatible
Attaching labels to people is all the rage in the U.S. Current favorites include "nationalist" and "globalist." The categories aren't mutually exclusive. Moderate nationalist...
Dumb elites face the revenge of the deplorables
President Trump. A handful of syllables still hard to get one's mind around. How on earth did this happen?
There's no single reason. Any number...
Affirmative action, other American oddities confuse me
Here’s an odd thing I’ve found as a foreigner living in Washington, D.C.: The longer I’m here the more alien I feel.
With the...
Bernanke is better than his critics at balancing risks
The markets’ early reaction to the Federal Reserve’s latest policy announcement isn’t what Chairman Ben S. Bernanke wanted: Long-term interest rates have gone up....
Politics can’t handle the truth about fiscal policy
What we know, or think we know, about fiscal policy five years after the global recession started isn’t all that different from what we...
A theory rich enough to explain prosperity for most part
“Why Nations Fail” by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson is getting lavish praise. Mostly, the book deserves it.
It asks why some countries are...
Europe’s troubles threaten more than financial markets
The first is how to stabilize Europe’s economy. The second is how to avoid a similar breakdown next time. Even more important is a...
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