The first rule of being a good houseguest is knowing not to overstay your welcome. But Julian Assange was never one for manners—or morals.
Silicon Valley power broker Peter Thiel plays the all-American patriot when he’s schmoozing with his good friend Donald Trump. But it turns out that even a member of Trump’s inner circle needs an escape plan.
Today, “globalization” can mean anything you want it to mean: open borders, lower wages, the European Union, that godawful Pitbull record. Whatever it is, Donald Trump is against it. Over the course of his candidacy, the Republican presidential nominee and international businessman has rebranded virtually all outward-looking engagement with the rest of the world as “globalism”, which his supporters now use as a slur.
An independent, sovereign UK sounded like a great idea for the British voters who opted to leave the European Union in a June referendum. Finally, Brussels would get out of their hair. It’s about time silly foreigners stopped telling them what to do. England for the English, at long last!
Thanks to an ever-growing number of international agreements, the taxes and tariffs that once slowed international trade are disappearing, making it easier to import, export, and do business across state lines. Increasingly, we do business in a borderless world.
