Conventional wisdom tells us the liberal democracies are the most peace-loving nations. But the record tells us something ...

Explore the connection between neoclassical economics and neoliberalism, focusing on the shared principles of free markets, ...

For eight decades the West, especially European nations, treated markets as neutral arenas governed by rules—not power. That era is over. The global economy is now shaped by rivalry, coercion, and ...

American politics is in flux. Apart from deep-blue enclaves, once-dominant progressivism is on the ropes. Globalization-friendly elitist conservatism has also lost influence, including among ...

The advent of “Bidenomics” has resurrected decades-old debates about the merits of markets versus industrial policy. When President Joe Biden announced his eponymous strategy in June 2023, he blasted ...

Hungarian social theorist Karl Polanyi is best known for his exploration of the collapse of liberal institutions that occurred between 1914 and 1945. His book, The Great Transformation, traces the ...

The world has entered a period of extraordinary turmoil and uncertainty characterized by, among other disruptive developments, the breakdown of the international economic order that has existed since ...

Ben Ansell is a professor of comparative democratic institutions at the University of Oxford's Nuffield College. He is a fellow of the British Academy and the host of the What's Wrong with Democracy?

Democrats have become much more likely to lean liberal in their social views over the past 25 years, according to a new Gallup analysis. An analysis of a May Gallup survey found liberal identification ...