Read more about the article Politics and the Anthropocene: Interview with University of Cambridge scholar Duncan Kelly (long read)

Politics and the Anthropocene: Interview with University of Cambridge scholar Duncan Kelly (long read)

"In his new book Politics and the Anthropocene (Polity), Duncan Kelly, Professor of Political Thought and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge, considers how this new geological era could shape our future by engaging with the recent past of political thought and the potential for democratic politics to negotiate this challenge. In this interview he speaks to Robert McLachlan, Distinguished Professor in the School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University." (Oct. 30th, 2019)

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Read more about the article Investigations usually hurt a president’s public reputation – but Trump is hardly ‘usual’

Investigations usually hurt a president’s public reputation – but Trump is hardly ‘usual’

"Investigations often damage a president’s reputation in the public eye – but that may not matter to a historically unpopular president like Trump," write Douglas L. Kriner, Cornell University and Eric Schickler, University of California, Berkeley (Oct. 30th, 2019)

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Read more about the article Job Losses have more to do with Trade Policy than Automation

Job Losses have more to do with Trade Policy than Automation

"The number of manufacturing jobs was little changed from 1970 to 2000. From 2000 to the end of 2007 (before the Great Recession) we lost 3.4 milllion manufacturing jobs as the trade deficit exploded. Fans of logic and arithmetic might think there is a connenction there," writes Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington D.C. (Oct. 23rd, 2019)

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