Whether Donald Trump really believes that climate change is merely a Chinese hoax dreamed up to destroy US industry is a matter of conjecture; but his decision to withdraw from the Paris agreement is a fact. And while some within his administration clearly do think that climate change is a …
Read More »Michal Kalecki: Populism, fascism and the failure of elites
Every 40 year or so, it falls to the mass of the population, led by a politicised youth, to deliver a knockout blow to the prevailing economic/political consensus. The affluent (neo)liberal classes are inevitably horrified when this happens, since it rocks the foundations of their comfortable way of life. The …
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