Skip to main content

Cookies and Privacy

We use cookies to improve your experience on our website. To find out more, read our updated Cookie policy, Privacy policy and Terms & Conditions

Alexander Etkind

Alexander Etkind

9 commentaries

Alexander Etkind, a former reader in Russian Literature and Cultural History at King’s College, Cambridge, is a professor of history at the European University Institute in Florence.

Sort by: Show:
  3. posner13_SAUL LOEBAFP via Getty Images_obama SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images

    Long Live the Imperial Presidency?

    Eric Posner

    Over time, the office of the US presidency has grown only more powerful, despite perennial hand-wringing by commentators and the party that is out of power. Though there are a number of possible explanations for this trend, the most straightforward is that it is what the public wants.

     offers a historical explanation for why the US executive branch continues to amass ever more power.
    5
  5. rodrik184_SUSAN WALSHPOOLAFP via Getty Images_jerome SUSAN WALSH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

    Beware Economists Bearing Policy Paradigms

    Dani Rodrik

    US President Joe Biden's administration has embarked on a bold and long-overdue departure from the economic policy orthodoxy that has prevailed in the US and much of the West since the 1980s. But those who are seeking a new economic paradigm should be careful what they wish for.

     explains why the last thing the world – or the economics profession – needs is a new ossified orthodoxy.
    1

Edit Newsletter Preferences

Set up Notification

To receive email updates regarding this {entity_type}, please enter your email below.

If you are not already registered, this will create a PS account for you. You should receive an activation email shortly.