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Fascism’s liberal admirers

Fascism’s liberal admirers

Austerity is a fiction designed to uphold capitalism – and it has a dark history.

By William Davies

The sovereign individual in Downing Street

The sovereign individual in Downing Street

In 1997 a business book predicted tech disruption, the alt-right and the rise of the super-rich. Now, in Rishi Sunak,…

By Quinn Slobodian

Red love, for all

Red love, for all

Family is a terrible way to satisfy our desire for love and care, according to the writer and academic Sophie…

By Erin Maglaque

Interviews and profiles

Elon Musk’s useful philosopher

Elon Musk’s useful philosopher

Paris Marx

The left’s patient gardener

The left’s patient gardener

Richard Seymour

Bruno Latour and the philosophy of life

Bruno Latour and the philosophy of life

Adam Tooze

“Justice cannot be the lodestar of a new society”

“Justice cannot be the lodestar of a new society”

Gavin Jacobson

Writing in the age of Big Data

Writing in the age of Big Data

Ryan Ruby

Wittgenstein at war

Wittgenstein at war

Thomas Nagel

Philosophy's gentle giant

Philosophy’s gentle giant

Jeremy Waldron

Peter Thiel: Big Tech’s dark prophet

Peter Thiel: Big Tech’s dark prophet

William Davies

Francis Fukuyama: We could be facing the end of “the end of history”

Francis Fukuyama: We could be facing the end of “the end of history”

Megan Gibson

John Mearsheimer and the dark origins of realism

John Mearsheimer and the dark origins of realism

Adam Tooze

The delusions that bind communism and liberalism

The delusions that bind communism and liberalism

John Gray

Britain’s empire of science

Britain’s empire of science

Duncan Bell

The climate crisis

The dangerous conceits of the green revolution

The dangerous conceits of the green revolution

John Gray

Towards a unified theory of Biden's climate deal

Towards a unified theory of Biden’s climate deal

Kate Aronoff

Would there still have been climate change under socialism?

Would there still have been climate change under socialism?

Leigh Phillips

Utopia in the age of climate crisis

Utopia in the age of climate crisis

Richard Seymour

Who is to blame for 30 years of climate change inertia?

Who is to blame for 30 years of climate change inertia?

Lola Seaton

Remaking the Anthropocene

Remaking the Anthropocene

Duncan Bell

Psychoanalyst Sally Weintrobe: why neoliberalism leads to ecocide

The Environment Interview

Psychoanalyst Sally Weintrobe: why neoliberalism leads to ecocide

India Bourke

Is fascism the wave of the future?

Is fascism the wave of the future?

Geoff Mann

Is a “green state” the answer to the climate crisis?

Is a “green state” the answer to the climate crisis?

James Meadway

The war in Ukraine will only deepen the climate crisis

The war in Ukraine will only deepen the climate crisis

Anatol Lieven

Science and technology

Metaverse in retrograde

Metaverse in retrograde

Justin EH Smith

The ADHD decade: what’s behind the surge in adult diagnoses? - Audio Long Reads

Audio Long Reads

The ADHD decade: what’s behind the surge in adult diagnoses? – Audio Long Reads

Sophie McBain and Emma Haslett

Where the internet went wrong – and how we can reboot it

Book of the Day

Where the internet went wrong – and how we can reboot it

William Davies

Living in an immaterial world

Living in an immaterial world

Bruno Maçães

To realise political unity, humankind must look to the starry heavens

To realise political unity, humankind must look to the starry heavens

Justin EH Smith

Will the internet’s third iteration free our virtual selves from Big Tech’s control?

Will the internet’s third iteration free our virtual selves from Big Tech’s control?

Bruno Maçães

The sinister return of eugenics

The sinister return of eugenics

John Gray

The internet was built for connection – how did it go so wrong?

The internet was built for connection – how did it go so wrong?

Richard Seymour

Economics

The Grey Recession

The Grey Recession

Will Dunn

The "fiscal black hole" is a dangerous myth to justify austerity

The “fiscal black hole” is a dangerous myth to justify austerity

James Meadway

When finance and oil collide

When finance and oil collide

Helen Thompson

As good as gold

As good as gold

Adam Tooze

Decoding the UK’s economic crisis

Decoding the UK’s economic crisis

Brett Christophers

How to wage a class war

How to wage a class war

Jerome Roos

The rise of “rentier nationalism”

The rise of “rentier nationalism”

Political Economy Research Centre

What is to be done about money?

What is to be done about money?

Geoff Mann

The age of plutocracy

The age of plutocracy

Helen Thompson

Decoding Adam Smith

Book of the Day

Decoding Adam Smith

Colin Kidd

The crisis of liberalism

Why liberalism is in crisis

Why liberalism is in crisis

John Gray and Ross Douthat

Out with the old: is neoliberalism really dying?

Out with the old: is neoliberalism really dying?

Jan-Werner Müller

The 1990s promised a new era of peace, but it was an illusion from the start

The 1990s promised a new era of peace, but it was an illusion from the start

Helen Thompson

How Covid shook the West’s faith in itself and changed normal life forever

How Covid shook the West’s faith in itself and changed normal life forever

Helen Thompson

The crisis of the liberal zombie order

The crisis of the liberal zombie order

Ross Douthat

The pandemic has revealed both the enduring wisdom and utopian delusions of Thomas Hobbes

The pandemic has revealed both the enduring wisdom and utopian delusions of Thomas Hobbes

Helen Thompson

The closing of the liberal mind

The closing of the liberal mind

John Gray

International

America’s crisis-industrial complex

America’s crisis-industrial complex

Nikhil Pal Singh

A new world order

International Politics

A new world order

Jerome Roos

A fatal attraction

A fatal attraction

Jeremy Cliffe

War at the end of history

War at the end of history

Adam Tooze

“Russia cannot afford to lose, so we need a kind of a victory”: Sergey Karaganov on what Putin wants

“Russia cannot afford to lose, so we need a kind of a victory”: Sergey Karaganov on what Putin wants

Bruno Maçães

Dispossession and defiance: how Hong Kong's struggle explains our world

Dispossession and defiance: how Hong Kong’s struggle explains our world

Yangyang Cheng

From God to monsters – the “new nationalism” of the US right

From God to monsters – the “new nationalism” of the US right

John Ganz

The new age of American power

The new age of American power

Adam Tooze

History and Culture

Donna Tartt’s The Secret History at 30

Donna Tartt’s The Secret History at 30

Nick Burns

How the empire degraded Britain

How the empire degraded Britain

Laleh Khalili

My friend, the man who tried to kill Hitler

My friend, the man who tried to kill Hitler

Raymond Geuss

The myth of England’s rural idyll

The myth of England’s rural idyll

Phoebe Braithwaite

New York's hipster wars

New York’s hipster wars

Nick Burns

The cult of Stalin the intellectual

The cult of Stalin the intellectual

John Gray

The contradictions of Edward Said

The contradictions of Edward Said

Thomas Meaney

The cruelties of self-help culture

The cruelties of self-help culture

Richard Seymour