Benjamin de Carvalho (NUPI): The Making of the Political Subject: Subjects and Territory in the Formation of the State. Marie-Amelie George (Columbia): The Harmless Psychopath: Legal Debates Promoting the Decriminalization of Sodomy in the United States. Has the Economist, the commentary magazine of the capitalistic global elite, embraced the corporate-bashing trend taken by many populist politicians in the US, UK, and many other countries around the world? Fodei Batty on how to understand the complicated history of “go back to Africa”. Arna Vardardottir on the hidden victims of the global crisis. What the Panama Papers don’t say about global finance is just as troubling. Jake Phelps has run the bible for skaters for more than two decades — he’s nearly died a few times in the process. We love “disruptors” — but it’s regular people who keep the world afloat.
