A Firewall Is Not a Betrayal of Democracy – It Is Its Essence
A firewall can be considered the categorical imperative of all those who call themselves democrats. While this is very pointed, it carries a serious...
Protecting power, not principles: How firewalls erode democracy
In some Western democratic countries, so-called “firewalls” have become a common tool in politics for coping with certain political actors such as the Alternative...
Careful With That Chainsaw – Javier Milei’s Harsh Economic Adjustment Pushes Millions into Poverty
Javier Milei crashed onto the political scene with an unorthodox style: Loud, provocative, and radical. At his campaign rallies, he waved a chainsaw to...
Pick Your Poison – Short-term Pain or Long-term Prosperity?
Over the past few decades, Argentina’s economy has been plagued by economic instability, spearheaded by increasingly high inflation rates, little or no economic growth,...
