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Michael Plant

Michael Plant

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Michael Plant is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Wellbeing Research Centre, Oxford, and Director of the Happier Lives Institute.

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    America's Lost World

    Leonard Benardo & Ivan Krastev

    The idea of America as a cultural wellspring and bastion of freedom was always an artifact of the Cold War. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Americans increasingly have struggled to articulate what they really stand for.

     review two recent books examining the country's post-war cultural boom and bust.
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    Stagflation Ahead?

    The recent sharp slowdown in economic growth and surge of inflation have rekindled grim memories of the 1970s. Is the global economy heading into another perfect stagflationary storm, or will policymakers manage to navigate a safer course?

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