The Media Literacy Index 2019: Just think about it

findings of a new edition of the Media Literacy Index for 2019 by the European Policies Initiative (EuPI) of the Open Society Institute – Sofia. The index assesses the resilience potential to fake news in 35 European countries,


https://osis.bg/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/MediaLiteracyIndex2019_-ENG.pdf

THE PAST AND FUTURE OF WORLD ORDER |Francis J. Gavin

...analysts are once again consumed with the current and future state of world order, which appears in crisis. Many have offered recommendations for what a future global order might look like and what should be done to build it. It is hard to imagine a more consequential question.

via Fareed Zakaria

Democracy and the rule of law | Centre for European Reform

Democracy and the rule of law are often, wrongly, treated as synonymous. There are increasing tensions in Europe between what governments think their voters want them to do, and what the courts and EU institutions allow them to do. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is right to say that threats to the rule of law challenge the functioning of the EU. Key EU policy areas such as the single market and law enforcement co-operation depend on respect for the rule of law throughout the Union.

Political Economy Books of 2019

Asher Schechter of the Pro-Market blog of the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business suggests they are the best!

Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy by Matt Stoller

Capitalism, Alone by Branko Milanovic

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff

The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up on Free Markets by Thomas Philippon

The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay by Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman

The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality by Katharina Pistor

Don’t Be Evil: The Case Against Big Tech by Rana Foroohar

Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America by Christopher Leonard

Liberalism at Large: The World According to the Economist by Alexander Zevin

The Great Democracy: How to Fix Our Politics, Unrig the Economy, and Unite America by Ganesh Sitaraman