Liberals and women’s rights: past and present
There has been a century of female suffrage in the Netherlands. Fleur de Beaufort and Patrick van Schie consider the differing demands of feminists now and a century ago
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Thought
A classical liberal approach to inequality and inheritance
Is inequality a problem? Patrick van Schie and Mark van de Velde look at whether equality is actually a core value to liberals
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The end of the beginning
The end of our beginning will be marked by monumental conflict. May the union be won peacefully. May it be won
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Is the post-war trading system ending?
Global trade faces many challenges. Uri Dadush argues the post-war system is being transformed into a more complex, politicised and contentious set of trade relationships
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How technology is reshaping trade
Trade has always been shaped by technology. Robert Atkinson examines how digital technologies are transforming goods and services production
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Sitting between two stools?
Christian Valenduc considers the agreement to reform taxation of multinational companies and asks if the resulting tax system will be stable?
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Bretton Woods: time to reset?
Giovanni Tria and Angelo Federico Arcelli ask is a renewed Bretton Woods agreement a concrete option to favour a new economic expansion phase in the post-pandemic world?
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The true face of neoliberalism
What is neoliberalism? Mark van de Velde provides a factual history of European neoliberalism
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Is the golden age of globalisation over?
Alessio Terzi fears that faltering trade growth could be to the detriment of the world’s poorest
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