Stephan Richter

Director of the Global Ideas Center, a global network of authors and analysts, and Editor-in-Chief of The Globalist.

U.S. Health Insurers: Scamming a Hurried People

Why are U.S. health insurance companies as difficult to deal with as bureaucracies in Soviet-era Russia?

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Britain: A Normal Country, At Long Last (Like Germany)

How has the UK’s coalition government succeeded in reinventing British politics and society?

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Dateline America: What’s So Horrible About Being Anti-Colonialist?

Is President Obama really an anti-colonialist, as Dinesh D’Souza argues? And so what if he is?

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Amazon and the Era of American Enlightenment

What will the growing popularity of online book buying mean for Americans’ pocketbooks, the environment — and independent bookstores?

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Fiscal Keynesianism for the Upper Classes

Keynesian measures are politically very contentious in the U.S. — even one it comes to applying them to the upper classes.

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The Illogic of Czech President Vaclav Klaus

What accounts for Czech President Vaclav Klaus’s extreme skepticism about Europe’s future? Could he simply be channeling Ayn Rand?

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The German Presidency: Another Resignation in the Making?

In the wake of potential scandals and major missteps, how long will it be before Germany’s new president resigns?

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China's BYD: Bury Your Dreams?

Will Chinese battery manufacturer BYD be able to achieve its dream of becoming a leading electric-car maker?

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Dateline Shenzhen: Hu Wants My Wallet

Despite the country’s astounding recent economic success, how is China living in the years 2010 and 1980 simultaneously?

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America’s G2 Obsession

Is a “G2” consisting of China and the United States really a wise strategy for America?

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