Thuringia – Patient Zero for Germany’s Revolution?

Thuringia – Patient Zero for Germany’s Revolution?

German politics is in turmoil. State elections last fall left Chancellor Angela Merkel weakened, forcing her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to make an unwanted coalition in Brandenburg with the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Greens. The surge in the former East German states of Merkel’s political nemesis, Alternative for Germany (AfD), complicates an already complicated…

The Future of What’s Called “Capitalism”

The Future of What’s Called “Capitalism”

Whatever definition of capitalism you use, the current system isn’t it so let’s call it “capitalism” in quotes to indicate it’s called “capitalism” but isn’t actually classical capitalism. Try a few conventional definitions on for size: Capitalism allocates capital to its most productive uses. Does the current system actually do this? You must be joking. Capitalism is…