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The Lie in Political Discourse

, March 24, 2021

Photo: United Nations Covid 19 Response on UnsplashManuel Suárez Mier*The famed and prolific US legal expert Cass Sunstein just published the fascinating book "Liars: Falsehoods and Free Speech in...

The Second Round

, March 22, 2021

Image: Carlo Toffolo on iStockAntonio NavalónWe will never know how lucky we were to discover that we were mortal suddenly. It is practically impossible to reconstruct what the world...

From Barkeep to Drunkard

, March 19, 2021

Photo: Thiago Miranda o PexelsLuis RubioAn old joke has it that a candidate offers the electorate the option of heaven or hell. The voter first visits heaven, finding everything...

The Left Hand

, March 19, 2021

Photo: Freestocker on iStockJuan VilloroVicente Rojo was seven years old when his mother had to sell the piano. His father, who belonged to the Communist Party, had gone into...

Photo: Jonny_Nurko on iStockJuan VilloroIn December 2020, I spoke with Irene Vallejo in a virtual meeting organized by the Foundation for Mexican Letters. Suggestively, the Aragonese philologist took up...

The Migration Crisis Reappears

, March 17, 2021

Image: Bestgreenscreen on iStockManuel Suárez Mier*In my decades of teaching economics, I always try to persuade my students that incentives have consequences as they are a mechanism that alters...

Struck Out

, March 12, 2021

Photo: news.culturacolectiva.comLuis RubioA tweet at the beginning of the week summed up the moment: “The President prepared more for the march of women than he did for the vaccination.”...

Biden’s Economic Rescue Plan

, March 10, 2021

Photo: YouTubeManuel Suárez Mier*Yesterday the most ambitious public spending plan (American Rescue Plan, ARP) in the United States history was approved, 1.9 trillion dollars that Congress sanctioned in a...

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