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To shift American politics onto more productive grounds, the abundance agenda needs a broader cross-ideological debate than critics or advocates alike have allowed. Henry Farrell reviews Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's Abundance. combinationsmag.com/the-abundance-…

“Long-term political success is often less about winning a particular fight than shaping the ground and stakes of future contestation.” Henry Farrell takes on the abundance agenda and its critics. combinationsmag.com/the-abundance-…

.Tianyu Fang on citizenship by investment and the quiet rise of actually existing network states. Read in full here: combinationsmag.com/citizenship-as…

What is the relationship between the grand narratives that have guided humanity and the concrete institutions and technologies that perpetuate them? Combinations’ inaugural print issue, “Myth and Mechanism” explores this question through new writing from Rana Dasgupta,

Among the charges against democracy, the claim that it undercuts stable authority holds special prominence. So why, asks ᴍᴀᴛᴛ ᴘʀᴇᴡɪᴛᴛ, does the Catholic Church—arguably the world’s stablest and most authoritative institution—choose its leader by vote? combinationsmag.com/conclave-democ…

Henry Farrell reviews Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's Abundance. Read here: combinationsmag.com/the-abundance-…

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The Catholic Church uses voting—not appointment or inheritance—to choose the Pope. In Conclave Democracy, Matt Prewitt argues this tradition reveals how voting can reinforce authority, not weaken it. Read via Combinations: combinationsmag.com/conclave-democ…

On Abundance, by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, with ht to Henry Farrell: bsky.app/profile/glenwe…

To remake globalization from a gangster racket into a genuine political society, we must recognize theology’s foundational role in shaping political order. combinationsmag.com/towards-a-plan…

Democracy is in crisis. Wolfgang Streeck thinks we’ve misidentified the cause and the solution alike. combinationsmag.com/the-case-again…