Johan Norberg is a Swedish historian of ideas and author whose work explores globalization, economic development, and the forces that drive human progress. He is best known for books such as In Defense of Global Capitalism, Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future, and Open, which reflect his long-standing focus on how open societies and innovation shape history.
Hitler was cornered in his Berlin bunker, desperate and approaching suicide, when he declared: “I am Europe’s last chance.” As a continent burned and lay devastated by his own actions, he still
by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The Spanish Government’s decision to declassify 40 reports and communications relating to the migration crisis in Ceuta offers an unusually detailed reconstruction of the days before, during and immediately after the mass irregular entry of
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China’s leading artificial intelligence chipmakers are sharply raising prices for current and next-generation processors as a global shortage of high-bandwidth memory squeezes efforts to
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the latest issue of Finance & Development (F&D) magazine, published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Ninth-century Baghdad, the seat of the Abbasid Caliphate, was
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