One starts to get to the point of thinking that social media and stable democracy are simply incompatible.
And this is the real post-2008 story, since the dates of slow economic growth and social media are in fact the same. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.ft.com/content/c5b9... How did air conditioning become a heated debate?
Crowds, including people in masks and hoods, burned vehicles and properties after calls for demonstrations from far-right figures
www.theguardian.com
www.ft.com
It’s illogical to argue that heating buildings to a safe temperature is a basic right but cooling them is an affectation
I struggle to understand the person who does not regard this spectacle with revulsion. Clearly, many such people exist.
But it is a sort of block-headed nihilism (hedonism, really, I suppose) that I just cannot imagine holding with even the slightest shred of self-respect.
David Henig
5,633,770 Norwegians 🤝 Simon Kuper. www.ft.com/content/1e62...
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux
La carrière de Piketty be like
On a reçu un communiqué de presse qu'il me semble important de partager ici.
Robin Wigglesworth
Why Is Europe’s economy falling short?
(Philippe Aghion, interviewed by Simon Johnson)
www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/euro...
Excellent as always.
"Willingness to pay in attention is really different than willingness to pay in dollars." - @joshuabenton.com at Nieman www.niemanlab.org/2026/06/what...
Alexandre delaigue
Alexandre delaigue
It seems overnight the White House has been replaced by a Monster Energy Drink branded UFC cage
Philippe Aghion & Simon Johnson examine how the continent went from scientific powerhouse to cautious follower—and what to do about it.
An analysis of billions of visits to a metro newspaper's website finds that entertainment and sports stories might generate lots of pageviews, but it's topics like government, transportation, and heal...
Why are we still arguing about the Industrial Revolution? I my column today I make the case for reading the novels of the age, rather than the arguments in tech circles about output per hour, real wage growth, etc. www.ft.com/content/f837...
