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Ian Buruma

Ian Buruma

Writing for PS since 2001
188 commentaries

Ian Buruma is the author of numerous books, including Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance, Year Zero: A History of 1945, A Tokyo Romance: A Memoir, and, most recently, The Churchill Complex: The Curse of Being Special, From Winston and FDR to Trump and Brexit (Penguin, 2020).

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    The Energy Price Roller Coaster

    Kenneth Rogoff

    In the longer term, oil and gas prices look set to rise unless investment picks up sharply, which seems unlikely given current policy guidance. Giant waves of supply and demand shocks will likely continue to roil energy markets and the global economy.

     predicts further waves of supply and demand shocks in global oil and gas markets.
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    US Democracy Under Concerted Attack

    George Soros

    The American public has been alarmed and aroused by the US Supreme Court's growing extremism. But voters need to recognize the Court's radical majority for what it is: part of a carefully laid plan to turn the US into a repressive regime.

     fears that the radicalization of the US Supreme Court is part of a larger plan to create a repressive regime.

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