Rather than seeing themselves as the arbiters of divine precepts, Supreme Court justices after World War II generally understood that constitutional jurisprudence must respond to the realities of the day. Yet today's conservatives have seized on the legacy of one of the few justices who did not.
considers the complicated legacy of a progressive jurist whom conservatives now champion.
In October 2022, Chileans elected a far-left constitutional convention which produced a text so bizarrely radical that nearly two-thirds of voters rejected it. Now Chileans have elected a new Constitutional Council and put a far-right party in the driver’s seat.
blames Chilean President Gabriel Boric for the rapid rise of the authoritarian populist José Antonio Kast.
纽黑文—全球化在理论上看上去很美,实际却饱受折磨。这就是英国脱欧和美国特朗普崛起的教训。这也是眼下席卷全世界的日益凶残的反华风潮的基础。崇拜自由贸易神坛的人——包括我在内——必须认识这一显而易见的“断线”(disconnect)。
首先要澄清一个真相,关于全球化并没有严格的理论。经济学家拿得出手的最好的理论是十九世纪初大卫·李嘉图所提出的框架:如果一国只生产符合其比较优势(从资源禀赋和工人技能角度讲)的产品,那么,它就能从扩大的跨境贸易中获益。贸易自由化——全球化的圣水——能让所有人获益。
这一许诺从长期看相当靠谱,但在短期,免不了会出现相当艰难的现实。英国退出——英国脱离欧盟——这是这方面最近的例子。
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