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Feb
29

Why the World is Giving up on Democracy, the Science of Collapse, Plus History’s Lessons for Now

I’m Umair Haque, and this is The Issue: an independent, nonpartisan, subscriber-supported publication. Our job is to give you
8 min read
Feb
28

Trump’s Chances Just Skyrocketed, The Myths of Fascism, Plus, Why Democracy’s Losing

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8 min read
Feb
26

Why There Are So Many Layoffs, How (Not) to Think About the Future, Plus Why Leaders Are Getting it So Wrong

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10 min read
Feb
22

The Everything Crisis, Crisis Fatigue, Plus Why the Life is Being Sucked Out of Our Civilization

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9 min read
Feb
21

American Theocracy, The Three Forces of Collapse, Plus How Democracies Implode

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10 min read
Feb
20

The Future of Business & the Economy, The Great Transformation That’s Stalling, Plus the Politics of Regress

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10 min read
Feb
19

Oligarchy, Autocracy, Why This Age is so Dystopian, and…The Trump Sneakers

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8 min read
Feb
18

Why Democracy is Fighting For Its Life, Plus Trump, Navalny, and More

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10 min read
Feb
17

America’s Collapsing Middle Class, Trump’s Criminal Trial, and More

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9 min read
Feb
15

The Crash Luxury Should Have Seen Coming

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7 min read