Il populismo in America ieri e oggi

Il Nuovo Populismo è esploso sulla scena politica e sociale americana con la prepotente ascesa del miliardario Donald Trump, un personaggio senza alcuna esperienza di governo che fa appello ai peggiori istinti dell’elettorato americano, dalla xenophobia al nativismo. Di certo, Trump non è il solo a concorrere alla presidenza con una campagna populista. Lo stesso…

Would EU be better off without Brits?

A great question mark hangs over Europe these days: would Europe be better off if Brexit were to happen next June? Or, to put it another way, would both Europe and Britain be better off if the British electorate were to go for Brexit and divorce from the European Union? I believe that the answer…

Universal Coverage

Il diritto al “universal coverage” è al centro di un apro dibattito tra Hillary Clinton e il suo sfidante, il socialista Bernie Sanders. Uno scontro che è destinato ad acuirsi anche nel confronto con il candidato repubblicano alle presidenziali, probabilmente Donald Trump. C’è una sostanziale differenza tra “coverage” ossia copertura sanitaria generale e “care”, che…

U.S. elections worry Europeans

Only now are Europeans paying attention to the American electoral show and by the looks of their comments they are not entertained. In particular, they are watching with increased dismay the antics of the leading Republican candidate for the nomination, Donald Trump, and the exchange of insults that is now a feature of the acrimonious…

An extraordinary election year

Electability. This is the mantra that exudes from the increasingly bitter contest between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, a mano a mano battle that is quite likely to go on until at least the end of March. Between the two, Sen. Sanders is the one who challenges the traditional definition of “electable.”  Starting with his…

The Stormy Politics of Europe

Americans may not be aware of it, bombarded as they are in the trial by fire that is the interminable American presidential election, but something very disruptive is happening in Europe, where the migrant crisis has set in motion the galloping populism and the resurgent nationalism that threaten the laboriously built edifice of the European…

Europeans watching U.S. race for President

Europeans, who are by far the foreigners most interested in American elections, are anxiously asking themselves: is a self-proclaimed socialist electable in the premier capitalist nation in the world? One would think that the answer would be a resounding “yes, why not?” And yet the conservative voters in Europe, who are still a thin majority,…

Il socialismo democratico made in USA

La debacle dei socialisti in Francia non è stata una buona notizia per Bernie Sanders che cerca di strappare la nomination democratica nella corsa presidenziale sotto l’egida del “socialismo democratico”, che è in pratica un modello più sfumato di “democrazia sociale”. Sanders comunque continua a definirsi “socialista” ed a proporre “una rivoluzione politica contro la…