Letters | On Israel and Gaza Letters are welcome via e-mail to letters@economist.com The Future of Gaza Project There is little doubt that a long-term strategy from Israel for peace with the Palestinians is long overdue (“Israel’s agony”, October 14th). One attractive and practical framework would be to prepare a study similar to the one America’s …
WILL AMERICAN DEMOCRACY SURVIVE THE AGE OF OLIGARCHS?
Will American Democracy Survive the Age of Oligarchs? Oligarchy is always a transitional system, typically a mere waystation in the shift from democracy to fascism or some other form of authoritarianism… THOM HARTMANN OCT 30 Many of America’s oligarchs — the people whose great wealth and/or ownership of media properties gives them tremendous influence over …