Grave new world

Perspective Media
December 01, 2024

THIS WEEK’S DEEP DIVE
Grave new world
BY SIMON NIXON

Simon Nixon explores how global shocks and domestic inequality have eroded faith in free-market capitalism, as Western governments search for a new economic model in an era of rising instability.

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People

Reputations: Pasquale Paoli

Ben Wilson explores how Pasquale Paoli, the forgotten 18th-century Corsican leader, shaped modern political ideals of charismatic leadership while grappling with the messy realities of democracy.

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Liberty is fragile. It is maintained by a civic-minded society, not by imaginary heroes: that is why Paoli means so much in Corsica to this day

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Cradle of libertines | Perspective Media International

Nathaniel Tapley skewers Britain's self-image as a bastion of liberty, from the Restoration to Brexit, revealing how “freedom” has often meant the powerful doing as they please.

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The British need freedom, and we need it now. Instead, we are bombarded with the opiates that society expects will take the place of freedom

Life

Rule-breaker

Rowan Pelling reflects on a lifetime of gleeful rule-breaking, from Girl Guide expulsion to running “The Erotic Review”, and considers how hard-won freedoms must be protected for future generations.

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No one was surprised when I was deemed “unsuitable” to be a prefect

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