Paul Mackay

…illing off prosperity — and thus causing extremism, nationalism, authoritarianism — might be fixed. First, the labor paradox: unemployment is low, but incomes are still falling in real terms. That shouldn’t ever happen (think about it: more people working should make wages rise, right?). It means an economy of Uber drivers and butlers is emerging. By creating new industries and huge numbers of better jobs, that lethal paradox could turn around. …

In what sense do I mean “Russiamerica”, a “failed ideological superstate”? I mean that both extreme capitalism and extreme socialism have ended in the same place: kleptocratic nationalism. That is the political economy that describes both Russia and America today, and they are merging i…

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