A new issue of Presidential Studies Quarterly is out. Fawzia Cassim (South Africa): Protecting Personal Information in the Era of Identity Theft: Just How Safe is Our Personal Information from Identity Thieves? Cinzia Arruzza and Felice Mometti on the discontinuous borders of the European Union. Peter Mair’s Ruling The Void: The Hollowing of Western Democracy explains why Jeremy Corbyn now leads Labour — though Mair died in 2011. Dean Baker on the elite’s childlike commitment to austerity. Paul Krugman on Keynesianism, explained. Barton Swaim on how Donald Trump’s language works for him. Donald Trump’s crude insults are effective because they’re true. Obama vs. political correctness: Barack Obama, as the most prominent liberal in America, has a unique power to reject an ideologically hostile virus for the liberal body politic. Hey Ellen, a “little bit of leather” is no better than a “little bit of homophobia”. The first chapter from Franz Kafka: The Office Writings.
