To save democracy

Boris Johnson won the Brexit campaign and a general election not because he knew how to govern, but because he knew how to entertain.

If the present government fails, will the successor be a better government or a populist entertainment? 

My bet is on the latter, with possibly devastating long-term results, as is now the case in the US.

It may already be too late. But we should try to avert this outcome.

Martin Wolf 17 February 2025

https://www.ft.com/content/698778ba-fc0a-422b-82ee-b5be22a4eee1

In defence of the state

A complex society is best served by a competent, professional and neutral public service

 In an important series of articles, Valuing the Deep State, 

https://www.persuasion.community/p/valuing-the-deep-state-series

Stanford’s Francis Fukuyama examines why the evisceration of the state will prove so destructive. 

Fukuyama has devoted much of the past two decades to explaining that “a high-capacity, professional, and impersonal state is critical to the success of any society”,

Martin Wolf 18 February 2025

https://www.ft.com/content/6a4dbf64-6752-4f9c-8fc2-08a67a66c3f1

Tillbaka till Rolfs länktips 18 Februari 2025

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2025/02/rolfs-lanktips-18-februari-2025.html