Naimisha Forest
Macron and the crisis of the managerial elites
"He had a rendezvous with history and failed to show up"
An essay by Philippe Lemoine on the rise and political demise of French President Emmanuel Macron contains these perceptive remarks on the managerial elites that now run France, and, more or less, the other liberal-democratic states of Europe and North America:
“Macron is a product of the French meritocracy. He went to the . . .
Fox Force Five and the Great 'Women's March' Heist
Antisemitism as career strategy
Leah McSweeney and Jacob Siegel have a splendid investigative report at Tablet magazine - “Is the Women’s March Melting Down?” - on the capture of the “Women’s 
March” by a band of racial go-getters, and the movement’s subsequent and ongoing crackup. Here is an abundance of insights into the pitiless . . .
Posted in: anti-semitismclintonselitesethnicityfeminismidentity politicsliberalismracismslaverytrumpwomen
Foxconn in Wisconsin: arguments for an American industrial policy
The pole dance is concluded. Jeff Bezos has chosen New York City and the Virginia suburbs of Washington DC for Amazon’s new headquarters. State and local governments will fork over more than $2 billion for the favor. Earnest policy folk are a bit shocked. The libertarian magazine "Reason" thinks Amazon would have picked . . .
Kissinger on Trump and 'The Cunning of Reason'
The Financial Times has a diverting weekly feature - "Lunch with the FT" - in which its correspondents interview some notable person over lunch. You get the human to-and-fro of a sometimes revealing conversation between two individuals. You get appreciative comments about the attractive and vivacious maitre d', the bottle of . . .
Posted in: chinadiplomacyglobalismglobalizationhegelhistoricismmarxnation statephilosophical historytrump
“My folks sell me and yo folks buy me”
Kanye West, “Barracoon” and some history of African slavery
Do you recollect the uproar caused by the musician Kanye West a couple of months ago when he said the ancestors of today’s African-Americans “chose” to remain in slavery? Arguments bounced around the word “choice.” What choices did slaves have? What choices do African-Americans have today? One point . . .
Trade Wars and the "Trump Shock"
In which I praise the scientific integrity of Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman has another very good recent New York Times post on the likely outcomes of a trade war: Thinking About a Trade War (Very Wonkish). Let me qualify. The first five paragraphs are one more tiresome expression of Krugman's political animus against the Trump administration, plus speculation about U.S. and foreign politics . . .
Trade war won't cause recession says Paul Krugman
Yahoo Finance's Dion Rabouin wonders Why Trump's trade war hasn't tanked the market or the economy yet:
Business sentiment has been shaken by U.S. President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with China, the European Union and other countries, financial analysts say. But some are wondering why the impact hasn’t shown up in . . .
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