With the arrival of the noughties, average growth rate in emerging markets hit over 7 per cent for the first time in human history. Naturally, forecasters raced to exaggerate the implications. China was declared the next economic superpower, surpassing the US by 2050. India and Vietnam were lauded as being the centres of economic future, […]
What next for the Labour Party?
Following Corbyn’s re-coronation, Labour MPs must now decide whether to accept the legitimised mandate of Jeremy Corbyn, or risk collapsing the only capable opposition to the Tories. Despite mass resignation, an overwhelming vote of no confidence, cabinet sackings and a particularly ugly leadership election, it seems that Mr Corbyn has proven his worth. Nonetheless, loud, […]
Anti-establishment politics: a threat to capitalism?
With the fall of communism in 1989, theorists such as Francis Fukyama professed an end to ‘history’, a new era of politics for the twenty-first century, as humanity finally abandoned its expensive ideological struggle. Whilst politics has typically been a struggle of world views, today’s politics seems purely to be capitalist-oriented, parties geared towards winning […]