For millennia, debt has shaped economies, ethics, and politics. Yet its promise of cohesion and progress has always carried the shadow of illusion, crisis, and collapse.
Wer widerstandsfähig werden will, muss sich was zutrauen. So wie dieser Freerider im Skigebiet Flumserberg. Bild: Keystone/Stefan Hunziker.
Contemporary politics and media ecosystems thrive on scaring people. We must respond by strengthening responsibility at both the individual and institutional levels.
Since the financial crisis of 2008, central banks have started buying up government debt through quantitative easing. This allowed failing businesses to survive, delayed necessary structural reforms and weakened the independence of monetary policy.
Pita Limjaroenrat, fotografiert von Lukas Leuzinger.
Pita Limjaroenrat almost became Prime Minister of Thailand in 2023, but was stopped and banned from politics by a powerful political elite. He talks about why he’s still optimistic for democracy in Thailand, and whether he strives for a political comeback.
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Federico Sturzenegger, ministro de Desregulación y Reforma del Estado en Argentina, es el principal artífice de la agenda de reformas de Javier Milei. En esta entrevista explica qué hace falta para derogar leyes absurdas y por qué Guy Parmelin lleva un pin con una motosierra.
Federico Sturzenegger, fotografiert von 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.
Le parti libéral-radical ne manque ni de volonté ni de compétence. Mais le PLR doit montrer avec plus de courage et de clarté que ses solutions libérales sont bonnes pour tous.
John Locke, Porträt von Godfrey Kneller, 1697. Bild: Wikimedia.
Industrialization has brought us many wonders that today we take for granted. I have started to make things myself – and learned to appreciate more the old skills as well as the achievements of the present.
