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In Post-Democracy (Polity, 2004) Colin Crouch argued that behind the façade of strong institutions, democracy in many advanced societies was being hollowed out, its big events becoming empty rituals …

The advance in international cooperation consists of a credible willingness to act effectively. Credibility comes from concrete, actionable steps that show that a country or organization is actually …

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) represent a new alternative to access Growth Capital for European high potential companies. The current equity environment forces European Champions to s …

I affirm the REALITY of an economic science. This proposition, which few economists now dare to question, is the boldest, perhaps, that a philosopher ever maintained; and the inquiries to follow will …

All of us are now striving for ‘Swaraj’ or Home Rule. We wish to be masters of our own destiny. We want sooner or later the representatives of the people of the country to govern it. There are some a …

‘The letters of Proudhon, even outside the circle of his particular friends, will always be of value; we can always learn something from them, and here is the proper place to determine the general ch …

Who is right, the idealists or the materialists? The question, once stated in this way, hesitation becomes impossible. Undoubtedly the idealists are wrong and the materialists right. Yes, facts are b …

Konungs skuggsjá (Old Norse for ‘King’s mirror’) is a Norwegian educational text from around 1250, an example of speculum literature that deals with politics and morality. It was originally intended …

This is the history of a Lie-of a cruel and terrible Lie invented for the purpose of defaming the entire Jewish people. Given out as fiction, by a German anti-Semitic writer, involved in the Waldeck …

The Six Enneads Plotinus – The Six Enneads is the collection of writings of Plotinus, edited and compiled by his student Porphyry. After correcting and naming each treatise, Porphyry wrote a biograph …