Kleine Stöberkiste

Was hat Mütterlichkeit mit Demokratie zu tun?

Von Helga Krüger-Kirn

Wer glaubt, dass Elternschaft längst gleichberechtigt erfolgt, sollte sich folgende Zahlen ansehen: Der sogenannte „Gender Care-Gap“ – der geschlechtsspezifische Unterschied in der Aufteilung der unbezahlten Sorgearbeit zwischen Müttern und Vätern – betrug in Deutschland laut Statistischem Bundesamt für das Jahr 2022 immer noch 43,8 %.

Material Interests

Von Dylan Riley

The new Marxist culture that emerged in the United States from about 2010 has many merits. It is particularly concerned with empirical reality and focused on tactical and strategic questions. It displays thereby a healthy scepticism toward theory, especially toward anything that smacks of Hegel, Sartre, Lukács or the Frankfurt School.

The Camps and the Gallows

Von Patrick Sauer

James Vanderbilt’s ‘Nuremberg’ revisits the trial of Hermann Göring. The post The Camps and the Gallows appeared first on Truthdig.

The Solidarity of the Hopeful

Von Zadie Smith, Tash Aw, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Thomas Banchoff, Pankaj Mishra

Living on the Spanish island of Mallorca in 1936, the French writer Georges Bernanos found himself engulfed by the civil war then raging across Spain. A Catholic, Bernanos was predisposed to favor Francisco Franco; Pope Pius XI, a fervent anticommunist, was sympathetic to the despotic military commander, who was also a staunch Catholic.

The migrants who disappeared in the Channel, and why the corpses were never identified

Von Maïa CourtoisMaël GalissonSimon Mauvieux

In October last year, an inflatable dinghy carrying an estimated total of 60-70 migrants left the north-east French coast hoping to cross the Channel to England. But shortly after leaving it took on water and sank. While 48 people on board were saved by French rescue services, an official toll announced three others died.

Rethinking tech antitrust, China export controls and Japan tourism

Von Noah Smith

Editor’s Note: The following is a slightly abridged version of Noahpinion’s “At least five interesting things: Smart Ideas edition (#71)”, published on November 8. 1. Are we wrong on antitrust? In the 2000s and 2010s, America generally saw slow growth, low levels of business investment, and low business dynamism.

Democrats Collapsed Here Last Year. How’d Zohran Do?

Von Tim Murphy and Noah Lanard

At this point last November, Zohran Mamdani was a largely unknown state assemblyman, and the Democratic Party’s brand in New York City was at rock bottom.   In the 2024 election, President Donald Trump picked up about 100,000 more votes in the city than in 2020; Kamala Harris fell more than half a million votes shy …

Neo-Schumpeterian

Von Cédric Durand

The neo-Schumpeterian approach of Philippe Aghion – co-author of The Power of Creative Destruction (2021), among many other books – has had a significant influence on European economic policy since the turn of the century.

How to end Israeli apartheid

Von Jonathan Adler

Install a caretaker government, abolish unjust laws, disarm militias: a new book lays out a roadmap for a democratic future in Israel-Palestine. The post How to end Israeli apartheid appeared first on +972 Magazine.

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Trocknet den CDU-Sumpf aus

Von Ole Nymoen

CDU und FDP haben einen Skandal daraus gemacht, dass linksliberale Parteien linksliberale NGOs fördern. Jetzt zeigt sich: Sie tun mutmaßlich selbst, was sie anderen vorwerfen, und finanzieren politisch passende Projekte, auch wenn die Qualität nicht stimmt.

»Unser Geldsystem erodiert die Demokratie«

Von Robin Jaspert

Um zu einer gerechteren Gesellschaft zu kommen, braucht es ein anderes Geldsystem, findet die Juristin Katharina Pistor. Im Interview spricht sie über das Problem mit Krypto, die Zukunft des Euro und darüber, wie demokratische Banken funktionieren könnten.

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