News - 17 Giugno 2019 The Attack of Egotistic and Frustrated Democratic Candidates Against the DNC Throughout this past week, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) came under attack by several Democratic candidates for its ‘restrictive’ qualification requirements for the end of June Democratic Primary debates. The DNC requires candidates to either receive a 1% on three recognized national polls, or get donations from 65,000 people, with 200 of those originating from […]
Politica - 10 Giugno 2019 Preparatevi, lo sconosciuto candidato Andrew Yang sarà di colpo “presidenziale” L’attenzione mediatica sta crescendo grazie alla sua proposta spregiudicata di dare ad ogni cittadino Americano 1000 dollari al mese. In termini più tecnici, Yang propone un reddito di cittadinanza - che lui chiama “Freedom Dividend” - per combattere l’inevitabile avvento dell’automazione
People - 10 Giugno 2019 De Blasio for President? There’s Another New Yorker You Should Look Out For It comes as no surprise then, that the so called “YangGang” is composed mostly of college students and unemployed citizens. But Mr.Yang also has genuine support from several tech companies, which see in him the politician that could finally get rid of difficult employer-employee relations. The interest in Yang has surged mainly thanks to his unconventional proposal of giving every American 1000 dollars every month...
News - 19 Maggio 2019 Nadia Urbinati: Populism? It’s not Fascism, and also Democracies Are “Elastic” Professor Urbinati recently contributed to the political debate with two important volumes: Utopia Europa, published by Castelvecchi, and Me, the People. How Populism Transforms Democracy for Harvard University Press (coming soon). We met her in her office at the prestigious university in New York City to test the “political thermometer” on the health of our democracy and the challenges posed by populism, a few days before the European elections and about a year and a half before the highly awaited US presidential elections: "We have the internet, we have a solid democracy that has guaranteed 70 years of rule. Fascism will not return, it would be absurd, but there is a transformation of representative democracies because representation is no longer handled by the parties, but directly by the leaders ".
Economia - 12 Marzo 2019 Il budget di Donald Trump è un grande manifesto elettorale Trump ha voluto mandare un messaggio al suo elettorato e agli avversari Democratici, soprattutto coloro che si battono per una sanità alla portata di tutti, un sistema scolastico meno gravoso per i portafogli ed un nuovo approccio all’immigrazione. Il messaggio di Trump risuona come un corno da battaglia per richiamare coloro che, negli Stati Uniti, rigettano con convinzione l’ideale statalista propugnato dai nuovi Democratici di sinistra
Politica - 3 Febbraio 2019 Howard Schultz for President? Un altro miliardario punta alla Casa Bianca Da una parte il marmoreo Donald Trump, dall’altra una schiera di Democratici che pretendono il suo scalpo; al centro, Howard Schultz, fondatore dell'impero dei caffè Sturbucks e possibile candidato “moderato” indipendente. Ma la sua candidatura danneggerebbe di più i democratici o Trump?