The Great Divergence: Why Young Men and Women No Longer See the Same World
Young women have moved sharply more liberal across the developed world. Young men have not — or have moved more conservative. The gap is historically unprecedented. The political a…
The Last Drop: Why Every Civilisation That Ran Out of Water Collapsed
Water is the one resource for which there is no substitute. Every major civilisation was built on water management — Mesopotamia's canals, Egypt's Nile, Rome's aqueducts. And every…
The Locked Gate: How the West Priced Its Children Out of Existence
The average house in England costs 7.7 times the median salary. In Seoul, a young couple saves for 18 years to buy a flat. Every city with extreme housing costs has a fertility rat…
The New Oil: Why the Race for Critical Minerals Will Define the 21st Century
China banned gallium and germanium exports in 2023 and most Western policymakers had never heard of either element. The energy transition depends on minerals most people cannot nam…
The Invisible Judge: Why Guilt and Shame Societies Are Incompatible
Guilt societies are ruled by an internal judge; shame societies by the eye of the crowd. The difference shapes corruption, rule of law, and how civilisations understand each other…
The Ladder and the Lie: Why Every Great Economy Was Built on Tariffs and Free Trade Only Serves the Already Dominant
Every great economy in history was built behind tariff walls. Britain, America, Germany, Japan, South Korea, China — all protected domestic industry while it grew, then preached fr…
The Price of Admission: What the Netherlands and Denmark Reveal About the True Cost of Immigration
The Netherlands and Denmark are the two best-documented case studies on the fiscal and social costs of immigration in Europe. Both are small, wealthy, high-trust welfare states wit…