Global Helmsman Xi Jinping Steps Up with Charm Offensive

Global Helmsman Xi Jinping Steps Up with Charm Offensive

He did it, his way; Chinese President Xi Jinping descended on the Swiss Alps; profited from a geopolitical vacuum only three days before Donald Trump’s inauguration with the Atlanticist West mired in stagnation and/or protectionism; unleashed a charm offensive; and deftly positioned China in the lead of “inclusive” globalization. In a wide-ranging speech that went…

In Defense of Populism

In Defense of Populism

DAVOS MAN: “A soulless man, technocratic, nationless and cultureless, severed from reality. The modern economics that undergirded Davos capitalism is equally soulless, a managerial capitalism that reduces economics to mathematics and separates it from human action and human creativity.”  – From the post: “For the Sake of Capitalism, Pepper Spray Davos” One thing I’ve been very careful about…