disgrace: Viktor Orbán is dismantling democracy | Timothy Garton Ash

To say that Hungary is no longer a democracy is a stark claim and I have thought, read and looked hard before making it.
The Guardian

Strengthening the Euro Area : The Role of National Structural Reforms in Building Resilience | IMF

https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/Staff-Discussion-Notes/Issues/2019/06/13/Strengthening-the-Euro-Area-The-Role-of-National-Structural-Reforms-in-Building-Resilience-46234

The Nature and Origins of Misperceptions: Understanding False and Unsupported Beliefs about Politics

D.J. Flynn, Brendan Nyhan, Jason Reifler

Political misperceptions can distort public debate and undermine people’s ability to form meaningful opinions. Why do people often hold these false or unsupported beliefs and why is it sometimes so dicult to convince them otherwise? We argue that political misperceptions are typically rooted in directionally motivated reasoning, which limits the e↵ectiveness of corrective information about controversial issues and political figures. We discuss factors known to a↵ect the prevalence of directionally motivated reasoning and assess strategies for accurately measuring misperceptions in surveys. Finally, we address the normative implications of misperceptions for democracy and suggest important topics for future research.

​Η Κεντροαριστερά της Ευθύνης | Π.Παπασαραντόπουλος : ΜΕΤΑΡΡΥΘΜΙΣΗ

"Ο Μαξ Βέμπερ είχε κάνει, για όσους αναπτύσσουν πολιτική δράση, μια θεμελιώδη διάκριση ανάμεσα στην ηθική της πεποίθησης και την ηθική της ευθύνης. ... Στα χρόνια της κρίσης, ένα, μικρό αλλά υπαρκτό, τμήμα της ελληνικής κοινωνίας βρίσκεται διαρκώς ενώπιον αυτού του διλλήματος. Ας το αποκαλέσουμε συμβατικά «έλλογη κεντροαριστερά».

Economics in an Age of Crisis: Trento Festival of Economics

Project Syndicate / The Big Picture