Future of social democracyPolitics in the age of data Progressive politics is floundering in the waves generated by Big Data — when it could be shaping the tide By Karin Pettersson
GlobalManaging the next Gold Rush The seafloor is rich in minerals, but barely understood. We need to be careful not to trigger an environmental catastrophe By Sharon E. Burke
GlobalThe IMF’s latest victims The International Monetary Fund’s bizarre belief in ‘expansionary austerity’ would be laughable if it were not so damaging By Jayati Ghosh
GlobalThe dangerous delusion of optimal global warming Sophisticated economic models suggest that global warming should be limited to 3.5°C. But they're fatally flawed By Adair Turner
GlobalThe downfall of left-wing heroes Tsipras, Corbyn, Iglesias, Sanders: in 2015 the new dawn of the left made political waves. Now, their stars are fading away By Christos Katsioulis
GlobalThrowing your weight behind a vote After all the struggles for universale suffrage, we should continue to improve democratic elections with weighted voting By Branko Milanović
Foreign and security policyA New START? In the age of Trump, arms control needs a relaunch: it will either be multilateral or it will not be at all By Oliver Thränert
GlobalThe exploitation time bomb A self-reinforcing pattern of high profits, low investment, and rising inequality demands a Global Green New Deal By Jayati Ghosh
GlobalCan multilateralism survive the Sino-American rivalry? In great-power rivalries, international organisations need to facilitate cooperation toward specifically defined goals By Ngaire Woods
GlobalFacebook’s Libra fails the Hayek test Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency would be highly risky for holders and a giant enrichment programme for the company By Peter Bofinger
