While a catastrophic war wages in Europe, on a scale not seen since 1945, with a nation defending its freedom against an aggressor at a heavy price, politicians around the world repeat the term, defining a key necessity for human happiness, like a sacred mantra: freedom. In many instances, their previous contribution to freedom has been thoroughly negative. Increasingly, Western governments have indulged in authoritarian behaviour.
Nouriel Roubini’s Megathreats is not a book for the fainthearted
The US economist, famed for predicting the financial crash, plays up to his nickname “Dr Doom” in his unrelentingly pessimistic new book.
