Donald Trump’s unprecedented attack on the chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, has been met with an equally unprecedented defence composed of Ex-Fed chairs, central bank governors, and titans  of global finance. Central to this alliance’s criticism of Trump is an ominous warning of disaster to come should the Fed’s independence be violated. For example, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde emphasised the role central bank independence played as a “corner

In his Debt: The First 5000 Years , anthropologist David Graeber provides a series of insights that, when properly understood, challenge the central tenets of conventional economic thought. Most significantly, Graeber’s claim that all money is debt, and by extension a social relation, fundamentally undermines decades of economic orthodoxy which claims that the government must balance its books and, more generally, that ‘one must pay one’s debts’ . Indeed, if all money is debt

Almost a year into his second term as President of the United States, and Donald Trump’s promise  to bring peace to an unstable world seems to have been almost completely forgotten by the administration. His progress on a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine has so far been mired with difficulties, with both nations refusing  to agree on what they feel are unjust compromises and the absence  of security guarantees. In the Middle East, the perceived success of Trump’s Gaza pe

As hosts of the largest  political podcast in the UK, Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart hold considerable sway over the British political consensus. They consistently interview  political figures of the same gravitas that one would expect on the BBC and Channel 4, and sometimes pose them challenging questions. They sometimes do live shows, but mostly provide analysis of current affairs from their cleanly-decorated studio, wearing expensive suits, and speaking with an air of

The public murder of Charlie Kirk rattled the American political establishment , and was met with a variety of responses from its pundits, journalists, and elected officials. For many in the Republican Party and on the right of American politics more broadly, Kirk’s death was the pretence required to pursue an official clampdown  on freedom of speech, as opposed to the less systematic, yet no less brazen , attacks the White House had been carrying out up to that point. Citize

If it was not already abundantly clear, Reform UK’s pledge to abolish Indefinite Leave to Remain status  (ILR) confirms their stance on...

I do not condone political violence of the kind that ended Charlie Kirk’s life, for both moral and strategic reasons, and my sympathies...

When Ali Ahmed Aslam  moved to Glasgow, Scotland in 1964 from Pakistan, he hoped to make a living for himself and his family by opening...

Variations of the phrase ‘it’s X year’, a common expression used by the more progressive-minded, are used either in response to bigoted...

In his seminal 1962 work ‘Capitalism and Freedom’ , Milton Friedman proclaimed that free-market competitive capitalism was the only way...

It has been enjoyable to exchange with fellow Europinion writer Andrés De Miguel, but this will be the last word on our quarrel. I hope...

The buzz surrounding Zohran Mamdani’s  recent victory in the Democratic primaries for NYC Mayor has been understandably inescapable on...

In the past few days, many progressive followers of US and world politics have felt an emotion they thought lost long ago, hope. In a...

As a firm believer in the importance of political discourse, I was excited to see another Europinion columnist critically respond to my...

illustration by Will Allen/Europinion Phototropism: the process by which plants grow towards the sun, leaning closer toward their food...

Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion In an unsurprising and desperate turn, Keir Starmer has once again adopted the position of his most...

Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion ‘Trust is the foundation of the BBC’s relationship with the public. The materials published today...

Before I provide any analysis on the ruling given by the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) on the legal definition of a woman, I want to...

Despite my usual scepticism of Netflix originals that suddenly attract mainstream attention before quickly disappearing from popular...

Us, and them And after all we’re only ordinary men Me, and you God only knows it’s not what we would choose to do When Pink Floyd wrote...