Kategorie: In Originalsprache

Thomas Sowell traces political attitudes back to different worldviews. Image: Wikimedia Commons, 1964.

American economist Thomas Sowell described the ideological origins of current political conflicts over thirty years ago. His analysis explains why left-wing utopians fail in the face of reality.

Complexity vs. Consent: The contrast between the self-reinforcing machinery of international bureaucracy and Switzerland’s model of citizen-led discipline

Democracies are not collapsing. They are quietly being hijacked—by rules, agencies, and subsidies that grow while citizens sleep. Switzerland alone shows what happens when government is forced to fear its people, not the other way around.

Donald Trump governs without visible limits – precisely what could mark a turning point in 2026. Photo: Joyce N. Boghosian / Wikimedia Commons

My predictions are provocative by nature, but plausible in substance. Above all, they are intended to stimulate thought.

Singles in public spaces: Physically close, but socially absent. Illustration: AI-generated

Zurich is full of attractive, intelligent people who almost never meet each other. Not because they don’t want to, but because the dating market here is structurally illiquid. The good news is that this is neither fate nor unfairness. It is liquidity, and liquidity can be created.

Supermarkets offer us an unprecedented variety of products. But they do not bring about any real improvements. Bild: Llana / Unsplash.

Firms today invest more in Research and Development than in the past, yet productivity is growing at a slower rate. Why? Because the very nature of innovation has changed.

Caracas al amanecer, suspendida entre el fin de un régimen y un futuro aún incierto. Foto: Paolo Costa Baldi / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

El fin de Nicolás Maduro da a los venezolanos esperanzas de libertad. Sin embargo, los secuaces del régimen siguen sembrando el miedo y el terror, y los presos políticos permanecen en sus mazmorras.

Everyday work instead of victimhood: People secure their livelihoods beyond programs, projects, and well-intentioned paternalism. Image: Unsplash.

Well-intentioned development policies often fail because they misunderstand the agency, knowledge, and informal institutions of the poor. It’s time to reestablish the most natural alliance between capitalism and the poor.

Manifestación de venezolanos en Santiago de Chile tras la detención de Nicolás Maduro (3-1-2026). Foto: jolgarete / Wikimedia Commons

La caída de Nicolás Maduro es celebrada en muchos lugares como un punto de inflexión histórico. La experiencia con los regímenes autoritarios, sin embargo, muestra que la parte más difícil de una transición exitosa comienza precisamente después.

Javier Milei recibe la banda presidencial de manos de la vicepresidenta saliente Cristina Fernández de Kirchner durante la ceremonia de investidura en el Congreso Nacional en Buenos Aires el 10 de diciembre de 2023. Imagen: Wikimedia Commons

Dos años después de asumir el cargo, el presidente Milei presenta un balance impresionante: inflación a la baja, finanzas públicas saneadas y una economía que vuelve a crecer.

Federico Sturzenegger will die Menschen glücklich machen. Mit weniger Bürokratie. Bild: Fabian Gull.

Federico Sturzenegger, Argentina’s Minister of Deregulation and State Reform, is the chief architect of Javier Milei’s reform agenda. In this interview, he explains what it takes to scrap absurd laws and why Guy Parmelin wears a chainsaw lapel pin.