Late capitalism encourages, rewards and adulates those who invent artificial means to narrow the competition. In an article about the marketing of sportswear from The Motley Fool, apart from noticing an obviously egregious slip in which the...
Psychological studies tell us that someone from a disadvantaged background might in fact be much better at running a country’s economy. One of the mysteries of the Trump presidency boils down to this question: Will he prove to be an economic...
South Asian diaspora in the West is often trapped by the idea of homeland, turning socially regressive, culturally reactionary and politically right-wing. A phenomenon rooted in the ancient past has acquired new complexion in modern times. It...
Iranian-Americans are some of the most successful immigrant communities in the US. Iranian-Americans are “one of the most successful immigrant groups in our country’s contemporary history,” said the newly elected US President Donald Trump in a...
The Grenfell Tower fire exposes deep inequality in Britain. “Sometimes there is a news story that has a power that reaches beyond the material facts.” This is how British comedian-turned-activist Russell Brand opens his Trews segment on the...
