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Chartbook 473 Germany’s democratic earthquake: the AfD breakthrough in Sachsen-Anhalt and the question of an “alternative to the Alternative”.
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (585+ words) Germany’s democracy has suffered an earthquake. In its regional elections at the weekend, the tiny state of Sachsen-Anhalt - population of just over 2 million souls - gave a stonking 44 percent plurality to the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland). The AfD has pulled off…...
Top Links 1215 Japan is back to the 1990s. Liechtenstein under the IMF microscope. Jünger and total war, plus melting down the family silver.
1+ week, 1+ day ago (95+ words) Adam Tooze | Substack Top Links 1215 Japan is back to the 1990s. Liechtenstein under the IMF microscope. Jünger and total war, plus melting down the family silver. Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin 12 / 79A Green Neck…...
Chartbook 472 Neo-Burgundian technocracy: Ernst Jünger’s reckoning with nihilism.
2+ week, 1+ day ago (914+ words) This is how Ernst Jünger’s 1939 classic On The Marble Cliffs reaches its turning point. Jünger conjures a world of high-powered cars with powerful lights, which make evening visits to vineyard retreats. This could be a scene in a French movie…...
Chartbook 467 "Mad dogs and...": Heatwave economics - summer 2026
4+ week, 15+ hour ago (756+ words) The crisis of global heating will take many forms and we may imagine it in different ways. Hitherto, I tended to think in terms of dramatic scenarios. Hurricanes and storms bulked large in my imaginary. This July in Paris, I…...