Home Thoughts From Abroad: Brexit and Belonging Laurie Cohen Politics & Economics I left the US for the UK 35 years ago. Since then I’ve been weaving a narrative one whose development has always seemed entirely linear and natural – to explain why I made the move, why I’ve stuck with...
Globalization and its Discontents: Why There’s a Backlash and How it Needs to Change John Rennie Short Politics & Economics Globalization is under attack. The electoral victory of Donald Trump, the Brexit vote and the rise of an aggressive nationalism in mainland Europe and around the world are all part of a backlash to...
Time for Something New and Completely Different? Political Social Responsibility Vincent F. Hendricks Politics & Economics Political social responsibility, as a supplement to corporate social responsibility and scientific social responsibility, is exactly what is needed in light of Brexit and the recent...
Setting the Record Straight on Post-factual Democracy Vincent F. Hendricks and David Budtz Pedersen Politics & Economics BuzzFeed just published a piece demonstrating that post-factual tendencies in politics are alarming on the rise on hyperpartisan Facebook pages. Indeed, everybody is talking about post-truth democracy these...
