Thomas Piketty: ‘The left has been a victim of its own success’
The economist on populism, fiscal debt and the long-term trend of economic equality
"I think if Starmer doesn’t move in this direction [towards greater taxation of wealth], it looks as if he’s going to destroy the Labour party even more successfully than Hollande destroyed the French Socialist party, which is setting the standard at a very high level."
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Rather chilling short episode with a sharp Gerald Knaus
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The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration
[FREE TO READ] It’s not hard to see how so many came to worry about the issue. But the data isn’t there
Alexander von Humboldt taught us to try to understand the world both by looking at the data, and by going out, looking carefully and trusting our own senses.
With this in mind, I wonder what he'd have made of our debate about immigration?
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It surprises me that no top Labour figure has said: don't ask what you can do to undermine the prime minister, ask what you can do to help him succeed in delivering
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Starmer and Badenoch are handling the far-right march all wrong
A look back to the days of Enoch Powell suggests a better model
"I know the price of a pint in the various pubs around King's Cross and Euston that were thronged with protesters on their way home, and no one necking that many of them is experiencing economic distress." Stephen Bush over de grote demonstratie van afgelopen zaterdag www.ft.com/content/fbbd...
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'Discussions' zijn 'ongoing', meldt Corbyn vandaag. Wordt vervolgd dus.
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04.07.2025 13:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Of niet? Sunday Times-journalist meldt dat Corbyn en Sultana niet op een lijn zitten: bsky.app/profile/rost...
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Jeremy Corbyn en Zarah Sultana, beiden nu ex-Labour, richten een nieuwe linkse partij op. Die zou gelijk met misschien wel zes of meer zetels in het Lagerhuis vertegenwoordigd kunnen zijn
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Opinie | Amsterdam wordt een hotel
Stadspolitiek: Een steeds kleinere groep inwoners blijft langere tijd in Amsterdam wonen, ziet Marcel van Engelen. Wat doet dat met de betrokkenheid bij de stad?
Een steeds snellere doorstroom van bewoners, groeiende polarisatie en oplopende drukte. Voor wie is Amsterdam nog 'thuis'? Ik schreef er een opiniestuk over en @nrc.nl zette er een scherpe kop boven: Amsterdam wordt een hotel.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Goed stuk (longread) voor wie de Britse politieke situatie wil begrijpen, en de premier
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Political volatility has been taking us by surprise for a while now. Here’s little exercise to illustrate. Rewind two years and take a look at where the polls were, what people expected, and what they failed to anticipate. You have to go back a while before politics is predictable even 2 yrs out 1/
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Everything you need to know about the British voting public
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Migration cuts are a luxury the UK cannot afford
Reducing freedom of movement comes at a cost and governments shouldn’t pretend otherwise
A very concise and sober column by @stephenkb.bsky.social about how nonsensical Starmers approach sadly is.
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Sport en politiek… activisme in Noord-Londen #arsenal #tottenham
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Boeven - goed draadje:
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Ruben L. Oppenheimer
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How Trump Is Scaring Big Law Firms Into Submission
The president’s campaign of retribution is having an impact on the entire legal profession.
Grote onrust onder Amerikaanse advocatenkantoren: Trump misbruikt zijn macht om zich te wreken op twee van hen. Hoe sterk blijven de rechtsstaat en de tegenmacht tegen Trump? Podcast NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/p...
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The Mother of All Tax Loopholes
How to be a billionaire and pay no taxes
1/8 How many politicians know & understand that taxable income is not a measure of wealth? Income inequality misses the point. 'Buy, Borrow, Die'. "The average American derives most of their disposable income from the wages they earn working a job. The superrich www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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